MuseuMAfricA is an historical museum in Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

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History

The museum was established in 1933, when the Johannesburg Public Library bought a large quantity of African material culture and books from John Gaspard Gubbins. From the mid-1930s, the museum's scope widened to include all aspects of African cultural history and material culture.

In 1994

1994 in South Africa

-February:* 28 February - At midnight Walvis Bay was handed over to Namibia* Bophuthatswana public servants go on strike-March:* 1 March The African National Congress president Nelson Mandela and Inkatha Freedom Party leader Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi in Durban...

, after the fall of apartheid and the institution of democratic government in South Africa, the museum was refurbished and renamed MuseuMAfricA.

Location

The museum is housed in the city's former fruit and vegetable market in Newtown, built in 1913, located opposite the Market Theatre

Market Theatre

The Market Theatre, based in the vibrant inner-city suburb of Newtown in Johannesburg, South Africa, was opened in 1976, operating as an independent, non-racial theatre during the country’s apartheid regime...

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Collections

The museum has collections of African material culture from across the continent, including noted collections of tokens

Token money

Token money is money made from tokens of some form, as opposed to account money. Coins are token money, as are paper notes.Token money has a strong privacy feature in that it works as money without the intervention of any other party in each transaction between two parties. Privacy makes money...

, musical instruments and head-rests.