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A: You do not mention what type of history you are interested in. I have no doubt that Odie is somewhat right but that showing of history in the best light is not limited to recent history or to South Africa. Below are a number of historical museums in a variety of areas of life. . The Witwatersrand School of Medicine has a particularly interesting one called the Adler Museum of Medicine. While it deals with the subject generally, it also has a lot of interesting info on the South African input, which has been substantial especially in the area of heart surgery as anyone who remembers and/or has benefited by what Dr. Christiaan Barnard started can attest to. http://www.joburg.org.za/content/view/1057/51/ James Hall Transport Museum - if your interest lies in public transport this will be a place that interests you. Admission is free - or it was when I was there a few years ago. It has every conceivable type of land transport. I liked the Cape Cart and I found the trams interesting - but that's probably because I can remember when my home city of Montreal had trams. Interesting to compare. http://www.wheretostay.co.za/information/topic/2027 South African National Museum of Military History Men can change - or try to change - the causes and effects of war but the war paraphernalia usually stays as it was and you can see how it was here. http://www.militarymuseum.co.za/main.htm AECI Dynamite Factory Museum the history of Dynamite and it's uses in time of war as well as those many constructive uses it has in times of peace. http://www.gauteng.com/content.php?page=AECI%20Dynamite%20Factory%20Museum Constitution Hill A history of South Africa. History is written by the conquering heroes and as such it sometimes changes and is always biased. What I learned about Canadian history in the 50's bears very little resemblance to what the kids are learning today. What I learned was not wrong in it's facts so much as it was biased in it's presentation or lack of mention all together. I have not been to Constitution Hill so I can make no personal judgements but I am guessing what happened with Canadian history also is evident here. Perhaps when thing level off in South Africa, this will become more evenly discussed also. http://www.sa-venues.com/attractionsga/constitution-hill.htm There are a number of other museums - a number of them associated with one or another field of science. Go here to check them out. http://www.joburg.org.za/content/view/248/51/1/3/ Hope this helps.