# Wits Art Museum in Johannesburg — Citylit

Explore an extensive collection of African art on the edge of the Wits campus.

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## Wits Art Museum

Explore an extensive collection of African art on the edge of the Wits campus.

- City: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
- Category: Entertainment
- Address: Corner Jan Smuts Avenue & Jorissen Street, Braamfontein
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/johannesburg/entertainment/wits-art-museum
- Official website: https://www.wits.ac.za/wam/
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 28.0328645, latitude -26.1928536 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/739519845

Explore an extensive collection of African art on the edge of the Wits campus. The collection is strong on African art and sits on the university’s city edge, easy to pair with Braamfontein.

### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- durationMinutes: 90 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

### Sources
- Wits Art Museum - Wits University: https://www.wits.ac.za/wam/; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research

### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/7b5b146710e3.jpg — Johannesburg South Africa. CITY ATMOSPHERE, NOT A VENUE PHOTOGRAPH. Author: Mark Hillary; license: CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannesburg_skyline_2017.jpg

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