The museum was established in 1960. It is a thematic Land Transport museum covering South African Transport over the past 400 years. The museum has 6 main exhibition areas and one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of steam-driven vehicles in the world. The West Hall houses a collection of Trams and Trolley Buses. The East Hall exhibits a display of Motorcycles and Bicycles starting with the Velocipede of 1869 (known as the boneshaker). The North Hall displays motoring from Edwardian times onwards, as well as Sports Cars and Classics. North Porch has Steam Locomotives from the Anglo Boer War to the1930 era. The South Hall exhibits a vast collection of Animal-drawn Carts, Carriages, various Ox Wagons and a Zeederberg Mail Coach.

Special Exhibition:  July - Dec 08    “100 years of Ford Model ‘T’ ”

Entrance: FREE (donations only)
Open: 9am–4pm (Tuesday-Sunday); Tour groups by appointment
t 011 435 9485/6/7  f 011 435 9821
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