Overview

This is a significant museum for Zulu heritage and Natal history, and regarded as the most important museum collection in the city. Located on the corner of Gladys Mazibuko and Musgrave Road in Berea, just north-west of the city centre, the museum is housed in Dr. Killie Campbell's old, Cape Dutch home. The museum houses the Mashu ethnology collection, Zulu art, weapons, sculpture and furniture with an extensive library. Cape furniture and early South African paintings are also on show.