Research Centre

Johannesburg Heritage Foundation is dedicated to researching the heritage of our city. Our Research and Resource Centre contains a wealth of archival material and volunteer researchers maintain an impressive digital database of historic buildings and properties.

We have been digitising our archives, a project which was originally started through a grant received from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund. It is a work in progress and will be added to as more material is indexed and scanned. We currently have nearly 175 000 documents scanned covering 16 000 sites and subjects, and the list continues to grow. 

Please contact us if you would like to visit the Research Centre or have a query about a specific property: research@joburgheritage.org.za 

Resource Centre Rate Card 2024 (access to Resource Centre /
initial email enquiry):