Eastern Cape Museums
- More InfoUpdated: December 2021Owl House & Helen MartinsHelen Martins lay ill in bed one night with the moon shining in through the window and considered how dull and grey her life had become. She resolved there and then, that she would strive to bring light and colour into her life....
- Nieu Bethesda
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- 049 841 1733
- admin@theowlhouse.co.za
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- More InfoUpdated: October 2019Jeffreys Bay Surf MuseumJeffreys Bay is one of the top ten surfing destinations in the world, so to have a surf museum in this typically surf driven town was always a must. The museum is also about remembering the history of surfing and paying tribute...
- Jeffreys Bay
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- 042 293 2203
- info@jeffreysbaytourism.org
- More InfoUpdated: September 2020Sid Fourie, a true son of Jansenville, was born in 1896 of an Afrikaans father of Huguenot descent and an English mother. His house, which bears his name, is to-day Jansenville's museum and has a surprising variety of...
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- More InfoUpdated: September 2017Ganora Guest Farm has various shelters where ancient rock art were found. Guests can be taken to one where there is a variety of rock art to view. From a few hunderd years of the Khoi to about 8000 years of the San people. A...
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- 049 841 1302
- 082 698 0029
- info@ganora.co.za
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- More InfoUpdated: June 2013Museum Ghosts, Somerset EastOver the years, several visitors to the Somerset East Old Parsonage Museum have reported seeing a tall man in a black suit sitting behind the desk in the study. There have been incidents of visitors seeing the light bulb over the...
- Somerset East
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- 042 243 1448
- 073 698 6539
- bluecranetourism@gmail.com
- More InfoUpdated: April 2021Old Library Museum, Graaff-ReinetWhile limited privately sponsored library facilities were available in Graaff-Reinet from about 1818, it was not until 1847 that the citizens of the town established a public library, subscribing funds to build the central...
- Graaff-Reinet
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- 049 892 3801
- graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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- More InfoUpdated: May 2020Humansdorp MuseumThe Humansdorp Museum, a cultural history museum, focuses on the growth and development of Humansdorp through its display of farming implements, bottles, shells, clothing and crockery. It also features a restored water mill.
- Jeffreys Bay
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- 082 852 4056
- More InfoUpdated: November 2016Slachter's Nek Exhibition at Somerset EastThe Slachter's Nek Exhibition in the Somerset East Museum is staged around the actual beam used for the hanging of the Slachter's Nek rebels in 1816.
- Somerset East
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- 042 243 2079
- bluecranetourism@gmail.com
- More InfoUpdated: December 2020Walter Battiss Art Museum, Somerset EastAt present, the Walter Battiss Art Museum is open from 9.00 until 13.00 on weekdays. Appointments can be made to visit the Museum at other times, by phoning or emailing us before the time.
- Somerset East
- Historic Buildings & Architecture
- Arts and Crafts
- History
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- 042 243 1448
- 073 698 6539
- walterbattissfoundation@gmail.com
- More InfoUpdated: December 2018Reinet House Museum, Graaff-ReinetThe Graaff-Reinet Museum or “Reinet House”, formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parsonage, was built at the expense of the Government in 1812 during the ministry of the Rev. Kicherer. It was the home of three ministers prior to...
- Graaff-Reinet
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- 049 892 3801
- graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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- More InfoUpdated: December 2018Urquhart House Museum Graaff ReinetThe large erf at the southern extremity of Market Square, on which Urquhart House stands today, was granted in freehold to Johan Hendrik Greyling on 1 January 1806, which places it amongst the earliest plots transferred into...
- Graaff-Reinet
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- 049 892 5650
- graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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- More InfoUpdated: March 2020Ganora Fossil & Artifact MuseumThe Ganora Fossil Museum in Nieu Bethesda was registered in 1998 and, although small, houses mainly the finds we have made on Ganora. The fossils we exhibit are on average about 280 million years old. That was in the time when...
- Nieu Bethesda
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- 049 841 1302
- 082 698 0029
- info@ganora.co.za
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- More InfoUpdated: May 2020Jeffreys Bay Shell MuseumFamous for its rich variety of shells found along the beaches, Jeffreys remains a favourite haunt for shell collectors and beach combers. The Shell Museum houses are a variety of shells from all over the world in glass cases...
- Jeffreys Bay
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- 082 852 4056
- petro.meyer@telkomsa.net
- More InfoUpdated: December 2022Kitching Fossil Exploration CentreA visit to the Fossil Exploration Centre will be a journey back in time to a world with unfamiliar plants and animals. There are life-size models of prehistoric animals that roamed the area and illustrations of the landscape...
- Nieu Bethesda
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- 084 500 3902
- fossilsafari1@gmail.com
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2020Nelson Mandela Museum, QunuTHE NELSON MANDELA MUSEUM IN QUNU IS CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS. The Nelson Mandela Museum, positioned as it is in the area of his birth, upbringing and eventually, his retirement, offers an authentic journey through the...
- Mthatha
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- 047 532 5110
- mandelamuseum2@intekom.co.za
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- More InfoUpdated: December 2018Old Residency Museum, Graaff-ReinetThe former Residency, situated diagonally opposite Reinet House at the end of Parsonage Street, and forming a unique architectural complex with it, is a well-preserved example of the early 19th Century Cape Dutch H-shaped house.
- Graaff-Reinet
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- 049 8910664
- graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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- More InfoUpdated: April 2020Nelson Mandela Museum, MthathaThe Nelson Mandela Museum, positioned as it is in the area of his birth, upbringing and eventually, his retirement, offers an authentic journey through the sites, spaces and landscapes of his life. It commemorates his life and...
- Mthatha
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- 047 532 5110
- info@mandelamuseum.org.za
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- More InfoUpdated: February 2018The Somerset East MuseumShortly after the establishment of the town of Somerset, 1825, land on the slopes of the Boschberg Mountain was given to the Wesleyan missionaries for a chapel and graveyard.
- Somerset East
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- 042 243 2079
- bluecranetourism@gmail.com
- More InfoUpdated: December 2018Military History Museum Graaff ReinetThe Military History Museum is the most recent addition to the Graaff-Reinet Museum Complex and was established in 2005.
- Graaff-Reinet
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- 049 892 5650
- graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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- More InfoUpdated: September 2020Was built at the Jansenville Museum (Sid Fourie House) and was officially opened in November 2009 with the International Mohair Summit held in Jansenville and Graaff - Reinet.
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