The museum has a unique art collection, dioramas and exhibits but also brings the visitor closer to understanding the background against which the war took place.

It was the National Women’s Memorial Committee which came with the idea that a museum, solely dedicated to the preservation of the Anglo-Boer War history and objects be established.

[3] Frans Soff[4] was the architect commissioned to design the building and on 26 April 1930 the corner stone of the War Museum was laid by Senator W.J.C.

On 30 September 1931 the museum was opened by the first prime minister of the Union of South Africa, General J.

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