Van Tilburg Collection

The Van Tilburg Collection is a permanent museum that comprises 17th and 18th century furniture, paintings, Delft ceramics and other works of art, and includes the largest South African collection of Chinese ceramic objects. The oriental ceramic collection comprises 1699 pieces of earthenware, stoneware and porcelain dating from about 2000 BC until the early twentieth century.

The Van Tilburg Collection is located in the Old Arts Building in the campus of University of Pretoria. UP's collection is regarded as one of the most complete collections of Eastern ceramics, including pieces from China, Japan, Korea and Indonesia. The museum holds the entire timeline of Chinese ceramics, beginning with primitive Celadon pieces.