Museums and Historic Attractions
Take a walk through history from ancient times to the last century. WHERE TO GO
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
Old Residency Museum
The former Residency, situated diagonally opposite Reinet House at the end of ...
Old Library Museum
While limited privately sponsored library facilities were available in Graaff-Reinet from about ...
Grootfontein College of Agriculture
The history of Grootfontein dates back to 1781 when a certain Hendrik ...
Military History Museum
The Military History Museum is the most recent addition to the Graaff-Reinet ...
Graaff-Reinet Town Hall and War Memorial
On 26 June 1902 the foundation stone of the new Town Hall ...
Kitching Fossil Exploration Centre
Situated in the picturesque town of Nieu-Bethesda, and home of the famous ...
The Old Blackstone Power Station
The Old Blackstone Power Station, which supplied the town with power until ...
Steytlerville Pegasus Early Motoring Museum
Tucked away behind the Verandah Coffee Shop where ladies might lunch on ...
Ganora Private Fossil Museum
Ganora Guest Farm is a sheep farm situated just outside Nieu Bethesda in the ...
Olive Schreiner Sarcophagus
Olive Schreiner (1855-1920), was a political activist, feminist and author of the world-renowned ...
Graaff-Reinet monuments
Graaff-Reinet is one of South Africa’s oldest towns and boasts approximately 220 ...
Graaff-Reinet churches
The Groot Kerk is one of Graaff-Reinet’s best-known landmarks, but the town ...
Willowmore and Steytlerville Monuments
Both Willowmore and Steytlerville have a number of historic buildings, churches and ...
Mohair Experience Museum
The Mohair Experience Museum was built next to the Jansenville Museum (Sid ...
The Walter Battiss Art Museum
Walter Battiss was a master of oil painting and is still considered ...
Nieu-Bethesda Dutch Reformed Church
In 1875, a commission appointed by the Graaff-Reinet Dutch Reformed Church, purchased ...
Sid Fourie Historical House Museum
Jansenville’s Museum, better known as the Sid Fourie House, stands on Brug ...
The Cradock Four Monument
The Cradock Four were a group of four anti-apartheid activists who were abducted ...
Reinet House Museum
The Graaff-Reinet Museum or “Reinet House”, formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parsonage, ...
Olive Schreiner House Museum
Olive Schreiner House at 9 Cross Street in Cradock is one of the houses in ...
P W Vorster Museum (Grootfontein)
The PW Vorster Museum at the Grootfontein Agricultural Institute is housed in ...
Delville Wood War Memorial
The Somerset East War Memorial (also called the Delville Wood Memorial) is ...
Harry Potter Grave
JK Rowling, creator of the billion-dollar boarding school fantasy series, is famous ...
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