Museums and Historic Attractions

Take a walk through history from ancient times to the last century.
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Spend time in a region that prizes its history: from ancient times to the past century. Karoo stories are around every corner and in the heart of every town: immerse yourself in odes to the Karoo’s greatest artists – Helen Martins, Walter Battiss and Olive Schreiner, discover prehistoric fossils and Khoikhoi cave paintings, or stroll through another time in history or a peaceful church. Our stories are those of every man: soldiers, playwrights and farmers – legends, every one.

Museums and Historical Attractions in the Karoo

Olive Schreiner (1855-1920), was a political activist, feminist and author of the world-renowned ...

Our Heritage Museum in Adelaide is a national monument comprising an old ...

Ganora Guest Farm is a sheep farm situated just outside Nieu Bethesda in the ...

The Old Blackstone Power Station, which supplied the town with power until ...

The Fairworld Fine Wool Museum was established by Willem van Aardt to ...

The Somerset East Museum is nestled at the foot of the Boschberg ...

Situated in the picturesque town of Nieu-Bethesda, and home of the famous ...

The Cradock Four were a group of four anti-apartheid activists who were abducted ...

The foundation stone for this building was laid on 24 April 1821 ...

While limited privately sponsored library facilities were available in Graaff-Reinet from about ...

Walter Battiss was a master of oil painting and is still considered ...

The PW Vorster Museum at the Grootfontein Agricultural Institute is housed in ...

Some stories don’t live in books… they live in what’s been kept. In ...

The brand new Karoo Origins – The Fossil Centre in Graaff-Reinet is ...

Tucked away behind the Verandah Coffee Shop, where ladies might lunch on ...

Jansenville’s Museum, better known as the Sid Fourie House, stands on Brug ...

The Great Fish River Museum is dedicated to showcasing the history of ...

The history of Glen Avon is that of Robert Hart who was ...

The Graaff-Reinet Museum or “Reinet House”, formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parsonage, ...

The Military History Museum is the most recent addition to the Graaff-Reinet ...

Olive Schreiner House at 9 Cross Street in Cradock is one of the houses in ...

The Mohair Experience Museum was built next to the Jansenville Museum (Sid ...

The former Residency, situated diagonally opposite Reinet House at the end of ...

The large erf at the southern extremity of Market Square, on which ...

The Museum Association was founded in 1983 with the prospect of establishing ...

The Afrikaanse Christelike Vroue Vereeniging hall – ACVV – (Afrikaans Christian Women’s ...

The first owner of Bulhoek was Douw Gerbrand Steyn, born in 1777 ...

During the last 1800s, British soldiers created a chessboard on the top ...

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