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eventREF E-0012158Revised

17 May 1971

Melrose House opens as a Museum

Updated
30 Sep 2019
Melrose House opens as a Museum

The first South African State President C.R. Swart opens Melrose House in Pretoria as a museum. The House was built in 1866 by George Jesse Heyns a Pretoria businessman. It was here that the Peace Treaty of Vereeniging was signed on Saturday 31 May 1902, effectively ending the Second Anglo- Boer War or Second South African War.

How we know this

  1. 01Wallis, F. (2000). Nuusdagboek: feite en fratse oor 1000 jaar. Kaapstad: Human & Rousseau.
  2. 02Melrose house., 'Melrose house visitation and facilities', from Tshwane Arts, Culture & Heritage, [online], Available at https://www.tshwane.gov.za/Services/ArtsCultureandHeritage/Melrose%20House/Pages/default.aspx [Accessed on 29 May 2014]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). Melrose House opens as a Museum. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012158

South African History Online (2011) 'Melrose House opens as a Museum', South African History Online, 16 March. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012158 (Accessed: 27 October 2026).

South African History Online, Melrose House opens as a Museum [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012158, (accessed 27 October 2026).

"Melrose House opens as a Museum." South African History Online, 16 Mar. 2011, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012158. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "Melrose House opens as a Museum." South African History Online. March 16, 2011. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012158.

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