Additional Information

The museum is, first and foremost, a platform to showcase the artistic talent of Africa and its Diaspora. It is through this platform that we are able to facilitate and create broader discussions, and access for and representation of all.

Daily admission, which is valid for seven days but can only be used once, costs R180. An annual membership starts at R250, costs R185 for pensioners, and allows you unlimited entry to the museum for one year from the date of purchase. To ensure access for all, under-18s gain free entry into the museum every day, and Wednesday mornings from 10 am – 1 pm are free for all citizens of the 54 African states. For a full list of admission fees, click here, or to purchase tickets and memberships, click here.

The museum is open every day, including public holidays, except Tuesdays. Our opening hours are 10 am – 6 pm (last entry at 5:30 pm) from Wednesday to Monday, and 10 am – 9 pm (last entry at 8:30 pm) every first Friday of the month. For more information, click here.

You can purchase an annual membership (or a daily admission ticket) via Webtickets or at the museum on arrival. When purchasing online, please take the following steps:

• Select the date you wish to start your membership (memberships are valid for 365 days from the selected date of purchase)*
• Choose your Membership option and select the number of memberships you would like to purchase, then click ‘Next’
• Click ‘Ok’ on the pop-up window to confirm your selected start date
• Complete the form with the required membership information then click ‘Proceed’
• Complete the form with the details of your desired payment method and click ‘Buy tickets’.

If you require further assistance, please contact the dedicated Webtickets support team on +27 (0) 861 110 005.

*Note: you may be prompted to register. If this is the case, please do so.

As a Zeitz MOCAA member, you will have unlimited free admission to exhibitions, a preferential queue at the entrance on busy days and receive invitations to special member events such as tours, panel discussions, screenings and extended opening hours. To view all benefits across the various tiers of membership, click here.

‘African’ implies any person born in a country on the African continent, including South Africans, or any person who has permanent residency in any of the 54 African states.

This can vary depending on whether a new exhibition opens, access is free on that particular day, or if the day you are visiting is during South African school holidays or on a public holiday. To ensure you don’t stand in a long queue, purchase your ticket or membership online before you arrive.

Underground paid parking is available in the Silo District. No complimentary parking is available from the museum as parking areas are managed and owned by the V&A Waterfront. The underground parking area near Zeitz MOCAA tends to fill up during the week, particularly on Wednesday mornings. Please note alternative parking areas are available throughout the V&A Waterfront and is approximately a 5-10-minute walk away from the museum.

No, however, you may not leave and then return.

Yes, however, please note that no tripods or flash photography is allowed. Be sure to share your photographs with Zeitz MOCAA on social media using the following handles and hashtags:

Facebook 

Instagram

Twitter

#ZeitzMOCAA
#ZMEvents

While we do allow patrons to take photographs for personal use, all requests for commercial shoots need to be addressed to communications@zeitzmocaa.museum.

Zeitz MOCAA cannot guarantee that artworks on exhibition will not contain sensitive materials. All exhibits containing sensitive materials will be marked as such before entry and it is advised that parents of young children and sensitive viewers proceed with caution.

Yes, Zeitz MOCAA provides wheelchair access across all floors of the museum. Wheelchairs are available on a first-come-first-served basis and may be requested at the Information Desk on arrival.

Our phone line tends to get very busy and is unable to handle multiple calls at once. If you receive a busy tone or an out of service message, please try calling back at a later time or send us an email by clicking here.

Daily guided tours are complimentary as part of the admission price, and take place at 10:30 am, 1 pm and 3 pm every day except on Wednesdays when there is only a 3 pm tour. Non-scheduled tours are provided at an additional cost and must be pre-booked in advance. For more information on tours or to book a non-scheduled tour, click here.

The Zeitz MOCAA School Education Programme is set to begin in the second South African school term of 2018. Updated information on the programme will be posted to our website and social media platforms.

The Atrium is 33 metres high. A standard floor of a regular building is about 3 metres in height so the Atrium is about 10 floors high.

The museum has nine floors of which seven are accessible to the public for exhibitions.

There are 80 conventional white-cube gallery spaces but more than 100 galleries when you include spaces such as the Centre for Performative Practice, the four-story dust house and the tunnels on the Level -1 basement level.

This museum is at the start of a journey to participate in the conversation of what it means to be African, and then begin representing the continent. This will be a process over many years to fully understand and represent such a huge continent with so many traditions, languages and cultural groups. No collection can represent an entire continent but Zeitz MOCAA hopes its collection will make a significant impact on how Africa and the world view and has access to works of art from Africa and its Diaspora.

All purchases, donations, gifts and long-term loans are evaluated and decided upon by the Zeitz MOCAA Acquisitions Committee, who meets once a quarter, to ensure they fulfil the museum’s mission and collections strategy. Artists are encouraged to formalise any possible acquisitions in a proposal that can be sent to the Zeitz MOCAA Registrar Ellen Kondowe here.