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

Weird to some, wonderful to others, the Owl House in Nieu-Bethesda is ...

Art

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

In 1875, a commission appointed by the Graaff-Reinet Dutch Reformed Church, purchased ...

The Roodewal historic site next to the N10 near Cookhouse doesn’t just ...

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

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

Both Willowmore and Steytlerville have a number of historic buildings, churches and ...

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

JK Rowling, creator of the billion-dollar boarding school fantasy series, is famous ...

Graaff Reinet’s first recorded church was in Church Street. Building of a ...

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

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

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

The Somerset East War Memorial (also called the Delville Wood Memorial) is ...

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

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

Art

Soon after the first shots were fired between the Boers and the ...

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

For the best panoramic view of the whole of Cradock you have ...

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

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

On 4 September 1901, during the South African War, the famed British ...

The old Gunpowder Magazine was constructed on the crest of a barren ...

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

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

On 26 June 1902 the foundation stone of the new Town Hall ...

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

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

The Groot Kerk is one of Graaff-Reinet’s best-known landmarks, but the town ...

Right in the north of the Karoo Heartland on the border between ...

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

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

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

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

The history of Grootfontein dates back to 1781 when a certain Hendrik ...

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

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

The Glen Lynden Churches are located in the Baviaans River valley north ...

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