Mandela House

The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as Mandela House, is the house on Vilakazi Street, Orlando West, , South Africa, where Nelson Mandela lived from 1946 to 1962.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as Mandela House, is a house in South Africa.
  • Also known as: “Nelson Mandela National Museum”
  • Address: Johannesburg

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hector Pieterson Museum and Orlando Amstel Arena.

Museum
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The is a located in Orlando West, , . 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. is situated 410 metres north of Mandela House.

Stadium
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Orlando Stadium, officially known as for sponsorship reasons, is a multi-purpose stadium in , a township in , in province in . is situated 1½ km northeast of Mandela House.

Library
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Orlando East Public Library is the oldest library in in South Africa. is situated 1¼ km east of Mandela House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Soweto and Dobsonville.

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is a suburb of , . is an increasingly popular destination for travellers from around the world, and is home of the Nelson Mandela National Museum.

Suburb
is a township in greater , , . It lies to the west of , a part of Diepmeadow, and is adjacent to Mofolo North and Zondi, which are suburbs of Soweto on its southern border. is situated 4½ km west of Mandela House.

Suburb
is a section of the township lying south of in , . A number of well-known public figures, mostly musicians call their home and were born and bred there. is situated 7 km west of Mandela House.

Mandela House

Latitude
-26.23851° or 26° 14′ 19″ south
Longitude
27.9088° or 27° 54′ 32″ east
Open location code
5G59QW65+HG
Open­Street­Map ID
way 674918334
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q3844400
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Swahili—“Mandela House” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Մանդելայի տուն”
  • Asturian: “Casa Mandela”
  • Chinese: “曼德拉故居”
  • Dutch: “Mandela House”
  • French: “musée Nelson-Mandela de Soweto”
  • French: “Musée Nelson-Mandela de Soweto”
  • German: “Mandela House”
  • Hausa: “Gidan Mandela”
  • Hebrew: “בית מנדלה”
  • Italian: “Mandela Family Museum”
  • Japanese: “ネルソン・マンデラ国立博物館”
  • Japanese: “マンデラハウス”
  • Malayalam: “മണ്ടേല ഹൌസ്”
  • Slovenian: “Mandelova hiša”
  • Spanish: “Casa Mandela”
  • Swahili: “Mandela House”
  • Swahili: “Nelson Mandela National Museum”

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