Liliesleaf
Liliesleaf
4.5
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
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Jackie C
Alvechurch, UK197 contributions
Dec 2019
An interesting museum about a crucial part of the anti apartheid struggle. The museum was very interactive which was great.
Lots of information, easy to get to with a car, secure parking and a nice little cafe. Very glad we went
Lots of information, easy to get to with a car, secure parking and a nice little cafe. Very glad we went
Written 4 January 2020
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jehemnem
Sydney, Australia17 contributions
Staff provided no direction at all and decided they were going to close at 1 pm so they could go for a Christmas party during business hours. They then locked the doors to the half of the exhibition we hadn't seen at 12.30 and were particularly unsympathetic.... I'm told it's a great exhibition though if that's any consolation.
Written 11 December 2014
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LaMamaFerndale
randburg17 contributions
July 2016 • Solo
The original rustic homestead would have been more interesting instead of this modern epitaph to a concept rather than the harsh reality of a time of secrets and clandestine meetings in quiet suburban homes where families participated in a movement so important and yet so fraught with danger.
Written 17 May 2017
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Lorna
Pacific Palisades19 contributions
June 2013 • Family
This was truly an amazing experience. We learned all about how "Mandiba" and fellow revolutionaries secretly transported arms across the country and planned the violent overthrow of the Apartheid government. We met with one of the last survivors of his original group that was captured with him. Absolutely worthwhile.
Written 2 August 2013
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Azleeb
Johannesburg, South Africa21 contributions
Nov 2012
The experience was great. We had a tour of the place. An informative and entertaining evening by Mr. Wolpe who recounted the history of the place. The facilities are world class. We were treated to wonderful food as well.
Written 4 January 2013
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Ruars
Los Angeles, CA53 contributions
Sept 2019 • Friends
I have 3 art degrees and have been to a LOT of museums: this is one of the best curated, informative, in depth and well designed museums I’ve been too. I was in SA on a research trip on racial oppression and I learnt more about the apartheid here that any other site I visited in Cape Town and Joburg. We had an incredible guide called Y, so intelligent, perceptive, insightful, and so well informed. There is a lot of content, so leave a good amount of time if you want to do it all. Highly recommended, this as a definite must see for Joburg.
Written 20 September 2019
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heather695
Sandton, South Africa21 contributions
Mar 2018 • Couples
No better place to view the period of the Rivonia trials. Interesting and informative. Hard to imagine the wonderful Madiba in that space. Locals and tourists should not miss it.
Written 12 February 2019
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Jonas P
Stockholm324 contributions
Nov 2018 • Family
Well worth a visit if you are interested in ANC, but also paints a picture of South Africa during the days of apartheid. The farm has been restored and building are used as exhibition space. For a Swede, particularly interesting to understand the support from Sweden and Norway in the fight for liberation.
Written 10 November 2018
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Sally W
Montrose, UK378 contributions
Oct 2018 • Friends
A fascinating and thought provoking exhibition of the impact of and struggle against the evils of apartheid. The farm is
Written 17 October 2018
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Victor B
Portland, OR18 contributions
July 2018 • Family
We (grandparents and grandchildren on a Road Scholar intergenerational program from the USA) knew about the broad outlines of the struggle against racial injustice in South Africa, but little about the details that culminated in the end of apartheid and the people who made it happen. In Liliesleaf we learned about many of the important actors and the early history of the movement. It's not as dramatic as the Apartheid Museum, but it's closer to the details. Not quite right for younger teens.
Written 1 August 2018
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Is Liliesleaf Museum in Rivonia open to the public?
November 2023.
Written 17 November 2023
Do we need a tour to visit it or is there enough Information on display? Which tour is the most recommended one? Thanks a lot for your help! Birgit
Written 17 February 2019
There is sufficient information on display and if you are interested in the history of South Africa, the struggle for freedom, the journey of Nelson Mandela and the other Rivonia Trialists, then a visit to Liliesleaf is well worth the visit and combined with a visit to the Apartheid Museum on another day. If you are interested this walkabout, including a stop at the cafe, you may require at least 2 hours. A guided tour is not necessary, but it's a bonus if done with a local for personal insights and perspectives. You can be dropped off and collected by hotel/"Uber". Situated on the original farm where Mandela was arrested, now a leafy suburb in Rivonia.
Written 8 April 2019
Does anybody have any suggestions/input on how to get there? I would like to go straight from OR Tambo, possibly by way of a Gautrain station. Taxi? Uber? Bus?
Written 2 October 2018
Is one hour sufficient for a visit to Liliesleaf?
Written 15 August 2016
Sorry it's taken a long time to answer - it 's either going to be relevant or not.
An hour is not really enough time to absorb yourself in it's complete history. If you just want a quick walk round that's fine, but there is so much read and take in.
Written 19 June 2017
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