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Apartheid Museum
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EstablishedNovember 2001; 22 years ago (2001-11)
LocationJohannesburg, South Africa
Coordinates26°14′15″S 28°00′32″E / 26.2376°S 28.0090°E / -26.2376; 28.0090
TypeSpecialised museum on Apartheid
Websitewww.apartheidmuseum.org

The Apartheid Museum is a museum illustrating apartheid and the 20th-century history of South Africa. The museum, part of the Gold Reef City complex in Johannesburg, was opened in November 2001.[1]

At least five times a year, events are held at the museum to celebrate the end of apartheid and the start of multiracial democracy for the people of South Africa.[2]

  1. ^ "Apartheid Museum". South African History Online. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. ^ Swarns, Rachel L. (10 December 2001). "Oppression in Black and White; South African Museum Recreates Apartheid". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 15 December 2017.

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