Visit Smuts House Museum in Irene, Gauteng

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Visit Smuts House Museum (Irene)

Categories: Monuments / Museums
Price group: R1 to R100 per person (see other things to do in this price group)
Available in the following region(s): Pretoria

Address: Take the Botha Avenue off ramp from the N1 and turn left from Pretoria or right from Johannesburg. Carry on for 2kms towards Irene. Go under the bridge and the four way stop and turn right.
Telephone: +27 (0)12 667-1176
Opening hours: From 09h30 to 16h30 on Monday to Friday and 09h30 to 17h00 on weekends.

Visit Smuts House Museum in Irene

Just outside Pretoria stands Smuts House Museum, home to Field Marshall Jan Smuts and his wife from 1909 to their deaths. The Smuts family lived here for many years and the ‘big house’ is now a museum. The rooms have of the house have been restored and the house was declared a National Monument is 1969.

Rocky ridges and Highveld grasses are found at the back of the house and it is here that Smuts’ ashes were scattered and a memorial now stands on the summit. Visitors are able to tour the museum, go for walks or picnic in the picnic area. If you are in Pretoria make an effort to visit this historical, remarkable house.

Photo Credit: Source on Flickr.com.

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