Car museums & collections in South Africa

Run by the Albany Vintage and Classic Motor Club in Port Alfred, this museum displays more than 100 vehicles dating from 1901 to 1980, including cars, motorcycles, bicycles, and engines.

Located on the L'Ormarins wine estate near Franschhoek, this museum displays a rotating selection of roughly 80 vehicles from a collection of more than 200 spanning over 100 years of motoring history, across four climate-controlled halls. The collection originated with Dr. Anton Rupert and was relocated here from the former Heidelberg Motor Museum, opening to the public in May 2007.

A private collection in Bloemfontein dedicated to the Volkswagen Beetle ('Volksie') and Kombi, introduced to South Africa in 1951, displaying dozens of vehicles alongside memorabilia, posters, and toys.

Opened in 1974 by Dr. Anton Rupert to display his personal car collection, this museum in Heidelberg, Gauteng was a popular attraction for over two decades before closing.

A privately owned collection of more than 60 restored Ford vehicles across three levels in White River, Mpumalanga, alongside a collection of over 6,000 Ford die-cast model cars.

Located in Pioneers' Park, La Rochelle, this is described as the largest transport museum in Africa, covering South African land transport history from the late 1700s through the 1980s, including cars, bicycles, motorcycles, buses, trams, and fire engines.

Located within the Casterbridge Lifestyle Centre in the Lowveld region, this museum displays more than 60 classic cars, motorcycles, and motoring memorabilia spanning a century of motoring.

South Africa's only dedicated motorcycle museum according to its own marketing, housing more than 200 restored motorcycles from 1910 to 1974 across major international marques, plus petroliana and vintage helmets.

A private family collection of Toyota vehicles in Klerksdorp, spanning older to newer models, displayed across the family home and an attached workshop, Toyniss Motors.

Housed in a former goods shed in George on the Garden Route, this museum is primarily a railway museum with steam locomotives and coaches, but also displays road vehicles and a private vintage car collection.

A private collection near the small town of Lothair, Mpumalanga, displaying more than 50 vehicles including classic cars, tractors, and motorcycles in a converted barn.

A motorcycle museum at Thesen Harbour Town in Knysna showcasing more than 100 motorcycles from various brands and eras, along with helmets, trophies, and memorabilia.

A Volkswagen-branded heritage museum and expo centre adjacent to the Volkswagen South Africa assembly plant, showcasing VW's South African history since 1946 alongside factory tours.

A large private collection reputed to be one of South Africa's biggest, featuring both restored classic cars and a large yard of unrestored 'barn find' vehicles, with a mounted passenger aircraft visible from the N1 highway near Cape Town.