Hector Pieterson Museum

Part of the Hector Pieterson Memorial outside of the Museum

The Hector Pieterson Museum is a large museum located in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, two blocks away from where Hector Pieterson was shot and killed. The museum is named in his honour. It became one of the first museums in Soweto when it opened on 16 June 2002. A companion museum nearby is Mandela House, the former home of Nelson Mandela and his family, which has been run as a museum since 1997.

The total cost of the Hector Pieterson Museum project was Rand 23.2 million, which was covered by a 16 million rand donation by the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism and 7.2 million rand donation from the Johannesburg City Council.

The museum covers the events leading up to, and during, the anti-Afrikaans Soweto Uprising.

The museum is located at 26°14.090′S 27°54.517′E / 26.234833°S 27.908617°E / -26.234833; 27.908617 (Hector Pieterson Museum)Coordinates: 26°14.090′S 27°54.517′E / 26.234833°S 27.908617°E / -26.234833; 27.908617 (Hector Pieterson Museum).

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