Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, Pretoria (must see)

The Ditsong National Museum of Natural History, formerly Transvaal Museum, is a natural history museum situated in Pretoria. It was founded as the Staatsmuseum (Afrikaans for "State Museum") of the ZAR on the 1 December 1892, and J. W. B. Gunning was appointed as first director. The museum was located for the first two years in the Ou Raadsaal parliament building.

The Transvaal Museum curates large collections of Plio-Pleistocene fossils, as well as late Permian therapsids. In addition the museum holds very large collections of mammals, birds, reptiles, and invertebrates. The museum is located on Paul Kruger Street, between Visagie and Minnaar Streets, opposite the Pretoria City Hall.