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13-644: Museum Africa or MuseuMAfricA (formerly known as the Africana Museum ) is a historical museum in Newtown, Johannesburg , South Africa. The museum was established in 1933, when the Johannesburg Public Library bought a large quantity of Africana material and books from John Gaspard Gubbins . From the mid-1930s, the museum's scope widened to include all aspects of African cultural history and material culture. The museum regularly published catalogues of

26-521: A brewery, and fisheries. Immigrants from other nations, also settled in Brieckfields. In April 1904, Mahatma Gandi declared an outbreak of the bubonic plague in Brickfield. The plague caused 82 fatalities and 112 people were reportedly diagnosed with it. The local government initiated the fire brigade to start fires within the town, aiming to cease the plague. Originally built between 1927 and 1934,

39-407: Is the northern entrance to Newtown. Turbine Hall The turbine hall , generating hall or turbine building is a building or room in any steam cycle or hydroelectric power plant which houses a number of components vital to the generation of electricity from the steam that comes from the boiler , or from the water coming from the reservoir. The components in the turbine hall typically are

52-479: The Turbine Hall became the largest "three steam-driven" power stations. It is situated in the middle of Newtown and has been deemed an iconic building in the art and culture precinct. The Greater Newtown Construction was initiated by City of Johannesburg Municipality Council, which rehabilitated old suburb structures, enhanced public open spaces, and introduced closed-circuit television. Newtown's street lighting

65-691: The Victorian and Edwardian eras and pictures made using this equipment including wet-plate prints, stereoscopic views and digital images. The Geology Museum collection consists of over 17 000 rock and mineral samples from Southern Africa, including from the Tsumeb area of Namibia (an area with diverse mineral deposits), the Witwatersrand reefs (a gold mining area), and the Okiep area (a copper mining region). The Workers' Museum, located two blocks away opposite

78-527: The turbines and electric generators , and in the case of steam cycle plants, moisture separators and reheaters . A turbine hall is typically extremely loud , and in the case of steam cycle plants, hot. The turbine hall is of sufficient height to enable plant and equipment to be lifted and removed, sometimes vertically, for maintenance or replacement. The hall is often equipped with a travelling crane to facilitate such movements. In nuclear power plants, boiling water reactors present unique challenges since

91-598: The Africana it had in its collections, with titles such as "Military medals of South African interest", "Artists' impressions of Johannesburg, 1886-1956" and "Claudius water-colours in the Africana Museum". From 1943 to 1993 the museum also published the quarterly journal Africana Notes and News . The museum established the following branch museums: James Hall Museum of Transport, 1964; Bensusan Photographic Museum and Library, 1969; The Museum of South African Rock Art, 1969; and

104-777: The Bernberg Museum of Costume, 1973. In 1978, it took over the Museum of Man and Science. In 1994 , after the fall of apartheid and the election of a representative democratic government in South Africa, the museum was refurbished and renamed MuseuMAfricA. MuseuMAfrica launched an exhibit entitled "Never, never again" which led to the establishment of the Hector Pieterson Museum in Soweto . The Apartheid Museum in Gold Reef City

117-497: The Sci-Bono Discovery Centre, is a branch of the museum which tells the story of the migrant labourers who came from across Southern Africa and other parts of the world to work in the gold mines of Johannesburg. During the level 1 lockdown imposed on South Africa during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic , museums were closed along with all such public buildings. In November 2020 a break-in and robbery occurred. No artefacts from

130-521: The different South African cultural and ethnic groups, their origins and how these groups have changed over time; Johannesburg Transformations , highlighting the momentous changes that the city has undergone in its history; and Tried for Treason an exhibition detailing the Rivonia Trial involving 156 defendants, including Nelson Mandela . The Bensusan Museum of Photography collects rare and valuable precision-made photographic equipment, some dating from

143-525: The museum were taken but tap fittings and basins were removed, resulting in partial flooding of the museum and possible damage to stored exhibits. Newtown, Johannesburg In the early 20th century, the Newtown Precinct was named "the Brickfields". In 1896, approximately 7,000 people lived in the town. A number of industries developed at Brickfields, such as trade firms, banks, brick factories,

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156-586: Was created and run by Christopher Till, former head of the Africana Museum. The museum is housed in the city's former fruit and vegetable market in Newtown, built in 1913, located opposite Mary Fitzgerald Square , on the same block as the Market Theatre . The museum has collections of African material culture from across the continent, including noted collections of tokens , musical instruments and head-rests. Permanent exhibitions include MyCulture which outlines

169-499: Was designed by the French engineer Patrick Rimoux . Johannesburg City Council partnered with Gauteng Agency, Blue IQ , in a project to develop the community of Newtown. The project included building five housing developments in which Council states, "[it will] cater for different levels of income". The plan details that over 2,000 housing units will be built within a few years. The Nelson Mandela Bridge , inaugurated on 20 July 2003,

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