Yes. Kontrolepunt is a compound noun, just like many nouns in Afrikaans.
It is made from:
Together, kontrolepunt means checkpoint.
Afrikaans often forms compounds by joining words into one word, much more often than English does.
Other similar examples are:
So if you see a long noun in Afrikaans, it is often helpful to look for smaller parts inside it.
In Afrikaans, verbs are much simpler than in English. The verb is stays the same with different subjects in the present tense.
For example:
So unlike English, you do not need to memorize forms like am / is / are. Afrikaans keeps is.
Afrikaans usually uses a double nie for negation.
So the negative version is:
This means:
A useful pattern is:
That double negative pattern is one of the most important things to get used to in Afrikaans.
It can mean either, depending on context.
By die museum is fairly broad. It can mean:
If you need to be more precise, Afrikaans can use other expressions, for example:
So by is a general location word here, not a very exact one.