Mandela House
Coordinates: 26°14′18.73″S 27°54′31.58″E / 26.2385361°S 27.9087722°E / -26.2385361; 27.9087722
The Nelson Mandela National Museum, commonly referred to as the Mandela House, is the house in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa, that former South African president Nelson Mandela lived in from 1946 to 1962. It is located at number 8115, at the corner of Vilakazi and Ngakane streets, as short distance up the road from the home of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu.
Mandela donated the house to the Soweto Heritage Trust (of which he is the founder) on 1 September 1997, to run as a museum.
It was declared a National Heritage Site in 1999.
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