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Formerly known as the South African National War Museum, the SA Museum of Military History holds a vast collection of 44 000 items, including weapons, military aircraft, medals, uniforms, military music, photographs, books, and propaganda.
The museum has many interesting military exhibits, most notably of military hardware, such as guns, tanks, armoured vehicles, and even a submarine.
The collection comprises military equipment starting from the Anglo Boer War, World War One, World War Two, and most recently, the civil war against Apartheid.
The museum also has several well-equipped facilities to handle various kinds of functions, as listed below.
FACILITIES:
Marri�res Wood Banqueting Room
- dining and cocktail function
- 160 diners / cocktail space for 250/300
Delville Wood Workshop Room
- desks for 100 people
- overhead projector
JC Lemmer Auditorium
- seats 176
- various projectors (35 mm, overhead, VHS)
- PA system, white boards
The Terrace
- 45 seated and 60/70 for cocktails
Dan Pienaar Gun Park:
- cocktail and dining facility
- 180 seated and 350 for cocktails
MUSEUM SHOP - memorabilia
Vargas Caf�
ADDRESS:
- Erlswold Way, Saxonwald
- adjacent to the Johannesburg Zoo
HOURS:
open daily 09.00 - 16.30
Tel: +27 (011) 646 5513
Fax +27 (011) 646 5256
Nearby Towns:Johannesburg Municipality, Saxonwold, Forest Town, Parkwood, Parktown, Parkview, Houghton Estate, Rosebank-Johannesburg, Melrose, Parktown North, Greenside, Oaklands, Dunkeld, Gardens Johannesburg, Emmarentia Nearby Points Of Interest:702 Mother’s Day Concert, Johannesburg Zoo, Zoo Lake, Adler Museum of Medicine, Rosebank African Craft Market, AFDA Johannesburg Annual Film Festival, Wanderers Cricket Stadium, Johannesburg Botanical Gardens, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Burgundy Lovers festival - Johannesburg, Museum Africa, Standard Bank Joy of Jazz Festival, SAB World Of Beer, Absa Money Museum, Theatre on the Square |
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