- Address: Government Ave, Cape Town 8000, South Africa;
- Phone: +27214674660;
- Cost: 30 rand
The governmental avenue of Cape Town is adorned by the South African National Gallery, which has collected works of art from the Dutch, French, British, African peoples. The exhibits of the gallery are dated XVII - XIX centuries and represent a great historical, cultural, material value. Most of them are paintings, sculptures, lithographs, etchings, ornaments.
History
The South African National Gallery began its work more than 150 years ago, when in 1872, part of the personal gatherings and savings of a local wealthy man - Thomas Butterworth was transferred to the municipality. Earlier, in October 1850, a proposal was made to create a gallery that could carry out exhibitions of arts. The Association of Fine Arts began to search for permanent premises. In 1875 at the address of Victoria Street was bought a building, which soon and housed the South African National Gallery.
The modern building of the gallery was built much later, the official opening took place only in November 1930. A huge contribution to the development of the national gallery, the formation of its funds were made by Alfred de Pass, Abe Bailey, Lady Michaelis, Edmund and Lady Davis.
Since 1937 the building of the South African National Gallery began to expand, as the exposition was supplemented by the works of local artists, the historical things of Africans, ritual masks, weapons, ornaments.
What should I look for?
Halls of the National Gallery have permanent and periodic exhibitions. The latter are organized in order to attract the attention of visitors and demonstrate a lot of paintings, sculptures, photographs, ornaments, clothes, objects of contemporary art.
The most popular among tourists is the periodic exhibition, which presents the decorations of the peoples of Africa. In addition, local young designers often hold at the South African National Gallery premieres of personal creative achievements.
Helpful information
Everyone can visit the gallery. The visit is possible from 10. 00 to 17. 00 hours. Paid entrance. The ticket price for adults is 30 rand, for children from 6 to 18 years - 15 rand. No fee is charged for children whose age does not exceed five years.
How to get there?
You can get to the building of the South African National Gallery by bus number 101, which stops at Goverment Avenue. Then a five-minute walk. In addition, at your service a local taxi, which quickly takes from anywhere in the city to the building of the national gallery.
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