Vaal Teknorama Museum

The Vaal Teknorama Museum was opened in Vereeniging in 1992, making it one of South Africa’s youngest museums

There are two permanent exhibitions at the Museum: the Local Leaders Hall and the Sedibeng Heritage Hall – Sedibeng being the name for the Vereeniging Municipal District. Both exhibits detail the history of Vereeniging and the Sedibeng area, with micro exhibits within them detailing and displaying the discovery of the Vereeniging Coal Fields in the late 1800’s, the rise of the manufacturing and industrial industry upon which Vereeniging is built, Boer War heritage and archaeological and paleontological discoveries in the Vaal Triangle.

Temporary exhibitions in the Museum Hall range from historical to contemporary, and include notable events in the history of the area and in South Africa as well as photographic and art exhibitions that honour and / or educate those interested in the history and heritage of the Vaal area.

You can expect to see stone age and iron age artefacts found the Vaal area, examples of unique and mysterious rock engravings found near Vereeniging, classic vehicles and other items related to the industrial history of Vereeniging and photographs from the Anglo-Boer War, including images of the concentration camps in Vereeniging and nearby Heidelberg. There are also exhibits on the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre as well as other notable Apartheid memorabilia right up to the signing of the post Apartheid SA Constitution in 1996, and much more…

The Museum is open Mon to Fri. 1 Beethoven Street, Duncanville, Vereeniging. Tel: 016 450 3030 / 1/ 2