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Date: 1994 Type: Museum Style: Adaptive Reuse : Industrial Archaeology Status: Adaptive re-use   Click to view map Coordinates: 26°12'05.78" S 28°01'56.51" E Alt: 1721m

Museum Africa is situated in the heart of the Newtown Cultural Precinct, it is the Johannesburg's leading history museum. It is housed in what was the first purpose-built fruit and vegetable market built in 1913, which at the time was a fine example of the advances made in industrial building techniques. In 1990 the market building was imaginatively adapted to house Museum Africa, a new museum hat opened its doors in 1994 the year of South Africa's non-racial, democratic elections. The Museum offers a variety of programs to enrich the classroom experience. (Joburg, accessed 2021 10 05) Transcription of blue plaque for Museum Africa: SIMON VAN DER STEL FOUNDATION This massive steel structure built in 1913 was designed by the town engineer G.S. Burt Andrews. It was manufactured in Britain and is a fine example of industrial architecture. THE NEWTOWN MARKET BUILDING ceased to operate as a market in 1974. From 1976 it was used and redeveloped by the Africana Museum, which re-opened in 1994 as MUSEUM AFRICA