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# Johannesburg: a self-guided walk · OpenVibe.Tours

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# Johannesburg: a self-guided walk

Generated from Wikivoyage's See list for Johannesburg: 7 stops, about 2.7 km and 71 minutes on foot. Not a guided tour; check each place before you go.

7 stops · 2.7 km · about 71 min on foot · [Wikivoyage source](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Johannesburg) · fetched 2026-11-07 02:08:34 UTC. Not a guided tour: check each place before you go.

 7 stops on the map. [© OpenStreetMap contributors](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), ODbL 1.0  

1. ## Standard Bank Gallery

    

   It is a corporate-owned gallery that hosts South African and international exhibitions.

    

   -26.20859, 28.03971 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-26.20859&mlon=28.03971#map=17/-26.20859/28.03971) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Johannesburg) · [place page](/place/plc_8M7TFFFM51PPRX9PV948JRPSCJ)

    

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2. ## Sci-Bono Discovery Centre

    

   A science centre that supports maths, science and technology education and offers innovative, dynamic learning experiences.

    

   -26.20460, 28.03320 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-26.2046&mlon=28.0332#map=17/-26.2046/28.0332) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Johannesburg) · [place page](/place/plc_RFDMGFRAR8G850984EPP8AYBZ5)

    

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3. ## Workers Museum

    

   The Workers Museum is a site specific museum and is housed in the Newtown Compound on Mary Fitzgerald Square. The Newtown Compound is one of the last surviving examples of municipal compounds for black male workers. The City Council built the compound in 1913 to house migrant workers who worked first for the Sanitary Department and then later at the nearby power station. The museum tells the story of Migrant Labourers who came to Johannesburg to find work. Having left their homes and families, black migrant workers faced slave-like conditions shown by the original dormitories, concrete bunks a

    

   -26.20300, 28.03200 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-26.203&mlon=28.032#map=17/-26.203/28.032) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Johannesburg) · [place page](/place/plc_0QW7V4411PAWTXPBFY45CCE4WG)

    

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4. ## Museum Africa

    

   121 Lilian Ngoyi St

    

   -26.20170, 28.03120 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-26.2017&mlon=28.0312#map=17/-26.2017/28.0312) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Johannesburg) · [place page](/place/plc_4J8R6NSBSX4B7Y9CHQGVCP299C)

    

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5. ## Wits Art Museum

    

   From the Wikivoyage See list for Johannesburg.

    

   -26.19280, 28.03296 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-26.1928&mlon=28.03296#map=17/-26.1928/28.03296) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Johannesburg) · [place page](/place/plc_J0TPHXVRQCA1MQM349DQGQY9HF)

    

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6. ## Holy Trinity Catholic Church

    

   Built in 1938.

    

   -26.19240, 28.03290 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-26.1924&mlon=28.0329#map=17/-26.1924/28.0329) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Johannesburg) · [place page](/place/plc_J0TPHXVRQCA1MQM349DQGQY9HF)

    

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7. ## Origins Centre

    

   An excellent multimedia display of the rock art and the origins of humankind. Good curio shop, book shop and coffee shop.

    

   -26.19292, 28.02831 · [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=-26.192921&mlon=28.028314#map=17/-26.192921/28.028314) · [Wikivoyage note](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Johannesburg) · [place page](/place/plc_KAAAYC7S6WXSC9Z1T2VAT6SPZF)

    

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