The James Hall Museum of Transport, the largest and most comprehensive land-transport Museum in South Africa, was established by the late Jammie Hall and the City of Johannesburg in February 1964. The Museum shows land transport in all its forms: ox-wagons, coaches and carts, bicycles, motorbikes, tractors, fire engines, buses, trams, trains and cars - from the Model T Ford to electric cars. It is a museum, that aims to preserve and promote the History of over 400 years of transport!
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James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg
- Coordinates
- -26.2330, 28.0530
- Updated
- 20 Jul 2026
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James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg
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Last updated · 20 Jul 2026
South African History Online. (2025, October 1). James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0066055
South African History Online (2025) 'James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg', South African History Online, 1 October. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0066055 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg [website], https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0066055, (accessed 22 July 2026).
"James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg." South African History Online, 1 Oct. 2025, https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0066055. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. "James Hall Museum of Transport, Johannesburg." South African History Online. October 1, 2025. https://sahistory.org.za/xh/ref/P-0066055.
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