Opened in November 2001 within the Gold Reef City complex in Ormonde, the Apartheid Museum was built on a 7-hectare site at a cost of around R80 million, funded as a condition of the neighbouring casino’s gaming licence. On arrival, visitors are randomly issued a ‘white’ or ‘non-white’ ticket that routes them through separate entrances, deliberately echoing apartheid-era segregation. Across 22 exhibition areas, film, photography, text and artefacts trace South Africa’s history from before apartheid through to its fall, with a section called ‘Pillars of the Constitution’ spotlighting the country’s seven founding values. Chaired by actor and playwright John Kani, it’s widely regarded as the world’s leading museum on 20th-century South African history and remains a major stop for visitors and school groups alike.