Hector Pieterson Museum
The Hector Pieterson Museum is a museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa. Located two blocks away from where student protester Hector Pieterson was shot and killed on 16 June 1976, the museum is named in his honour and covers the events of the anti-Apartheid Soweto Uprising and Massacre, where more than 170 protesting school children were killed.Photo: Babak Fakhamzadeh, CC BY 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mandela House and Orlando Amstel Arena.
Mandela House
Museum
Photo: Moongateclimber, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as Mandela House, is the house on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962. Mandela House is situated 410 metres south of Hector Pieterson Museum.
Orlando Amstel Arena
Stadium
Photo: 2010 World Cup - Shine 2010, CC BY 2.0.
Orlando Stadium, officially known as Orlando Amstel Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in Soweto, a township in Johannesburg, in Gauteng province in South Africa. Orlando Amstel Arena is situated 1½ km east of Hector Pieterson Museum.
Orlando East Library
Library
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Orlando East Public Library is the oldest library in Soweto in South Africa. Orlando East Library is situated 1¼ km east of Hector Pieterson Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Soweto and Dobsonville.
Soweto
Photo: Digr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Soweto is a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa. Soweto is an increasingly popular destination for travellers from around the world, and is home of the Nelson Mandela National Museum.
Dobsonville
Suburb
Dobsonville is a township in greater Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. It lies to the west of Meadowlands, a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border. Dobsonville is situated 4½ km west of Hector Pieterson Museum.
Zola
Suburb
Zola is a section of the Soweto township lying south of Johannesburg in Gauteng, South Africa. A number of well-known public figures, mostly musicians call Zola their home and were born and bred there. Zola is situated 7 km west of Hector Pieterson Museum.
Hector Pieterson Museum
- Type: Museum
- Description: history museum
- Categories: history museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Johannesburg, City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-26.2348° or 26° 14′ 5″ southLongitude
27.90864° or 27° 54′ 31″ eastOpen location code
5G59QW85+3FOpenStreetMap ID
node 747445931OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q1432044
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swahili—“Hector Pieterson Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu Hector Pieterson”
- French: “Mémorial et musée Hector Pieterson”
- French: “mémorial et musée Hector-Pieterson”
- German: “Hector-Pieterson-Museum”
- Japanese: “ヘクター・ピーターソン博物館”
- Swahili: “Hector Pieterson Museum”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Uncle Tom’s Community Centre and Region D Municipal Offices, Orlando West, City Of Johannesburg.
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