Hector Pieterson Museum, Museum in Orlando West, Soweto, South Africa.

The Hector Pieterson Museum is a memorial museum in Orlando West, Soweto, dedicated to the 1976 protests against apartheid education policies. Its rooms display photographs, objects, and documents that document this student movement.

The museum opened in 2002 and stands near the location where student Hector Pieterson was killed during the Soweto Uprising on June 16, 1976. That date marked a turning point in South African history and school reform.

The museum's name honors a student whose death became a symbol for an entire youth movement. The exhibitions feature personal stories and memories from people who were there and helped push for changes in South African education.

The museum stands two blocks from the spot where Hector Pieterson was shot, in Orlando West, Soweto. The Hector Pieterson Memorial, a small park with a monument and an inscribed dedication to the young people who died for freedom and democracy, precedes the museum entrance. Mandela House, the former Mandela family home run as a museum since 1997, is nearby.

The photograph by Sam Nzima is displayed at the museum, but the museum does not hold the original. The image shows Mbuyisa Makhubo carrying the dying Hector Pieterson, with Pieterson's sister Antoinette Sithole running alongside. A large version of it stands at the entrance to the memorial esplanade, ahead of the museum door.