Johannesburg

=== Museums and galleries ===
[[File:9 2 228 0069-Art Gallery-Johannesburg-s (square).jpg|thumb|[[Johannesburg Art Gallery]]]]
[[File:Apartheidmuseumpool.JPG|thumb|[[Apartheid Museum]]]]
Specialist museums cover subjects such as Africana, costume, design, [[fossils]], geology, [[military history]], medical, [[pharmacy]], photography and transportation networks such as railways. [[Gold Reef City]], a living museum, was originally part of the Crown Mines Complex, where gold was mined to a depth of {{convert|3000|m}}. The [[Market Theatre (Johannesburg)|Market Theatre]] stages plays, comedy shows, and musical performances.

The following is a list of some of the museums and galleries that can be found in Johannesburg.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.places.co.za/html/johannesburg_museums.html |title=Johannesburg Museums |publisher=Places.co.za |access-date=2 July 2010 |archive-date=18 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618071844/http://www.places.co.za/html/johannesburg_museums.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*AECI Dynamite Factory Museum
::The AECI Dynamite Factory Museum, housed in the 1895 residence of a mining official, records the history of explosives, with particular emphasis on their use in the mining industry.
*Adler Museum of Medicine
::History of Medicine, brainchild of Dr Cyril Adler, was formally inaugurated 1962. The museum's role was to collect and preserve for posterity all material that would illustrate the history of medicine in general and of South Africa in particular.
*[[Apartheid Museum]]
*[[Constitution Hill, Johannesburg]]
*[[Hector Pieterson Museum]]
*[[James Hall Transport Museum]]
*[[Johannesburg Art Gallery]]
*Madiba Freedom Museum
:: Named after the former President Mandela's clan, the museum's theme is Mzabalazo and charts South Africa's journey to democracy.
*[[MuseuMAfricA]].
*Origins Centre Museum
::Located on the campus of the [[University of the Witwatersrand]] in [[Braamfontein]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://origins.org.za/index.php/origins_site/widearticle/C37/ |title=Vitis US |publisher=Origins Centre |access-date=10 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210154403/http://origins.org.za/index.php/origins_site/widearticle/C37/ |archive-date=10 December 2008}}</ref> this museum contains some excellent examples of southern African rock art and the origins of humankind.
*Bernberg Fashion Museum
:: Bernberg Fashion Museum is primarily a museum collection, consisting of objects, and explains why and how clothing has changed and how the fashions of the past influence those of today.
*[[South African National Museum of Military History]]
*Zoology Museum
:: The Zoology Museum is the only natural history museum in Johannesburg which is unusual because all the other major cities in South Africa have large public natural history museums. It has retained a unique character as the display specimens are exhibited in finely crafted teak cabinets which allow the viewer to engage directly with scores of objects at close range.