The Workers' Museum

5 Regan Levendale - a month ago

From the entrance to the Workers’ Museum, you enter a different world that was inhabited by local and regional migrant works wanting to either provide for their families or chase their dreams of a better life. The history is rich with sadness and filled with hope. The living spaces and showers pull at your heartstrings! You’ll leave this Museum with a sense of gratitude of the life you’re living presently.

Worth the visit definitely - a few hours at most.

5 Matete Payc - 3 years ago

The history in this museum is rich. It paints a clear picture of how black men were treated in the mining sectors and at the compounds. From reading and listening to the stories, one can realise that some of these men were sold lies about Johannesburg, that it's the city of gold and that once you get there then you've made it. They got here only to be restricted from being with women and children sleeping on concrete hard floors.

5 Mark Aranha - 4 months ago

A significant historical location that doesn't get the footfalls or attention it deserves. The museum exhibits are well done but it's the space itself that is worth walking through and meditating in.

5 Becca in Denver - a year ago

Small but very well done museum in the shadow of the old DeBeers building about the exploitation of black Africans and financial slavery that occurred during the South African gold rush.

5 Rhona Matthews - 3 years ago

Another brilliant tour with Ishvara Dhyan in downtown Jozi.

5 Belinda Hlaka - 3 years ago

Is rich with migrants workers history and compounds history.The story of ex residents who lived in this compounds overwhelming and at the same shocking.This workers despite no education but reading was am inspiration for them

5 Milo Collins - 3 years ago

A very important collection of migrant worker history in South Africa, including maps, letters and photographs. Set aside about 2 hours to read through everything. Free entry.