Graaff Reinet Area Museums

• More InfoUpdated: March 2020
  Ganora Fossil & Artifact Museum

  • Nieu-Bethesda

  The 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...

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  • 049 841 1302
  • 082 698 0029
  • info@ganora.co.za
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• More InfoUpdated: December 2018
  Urquhart House Museum Graaff Reinet

  • Graaff-Reinet

  The 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...

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  • 049 892 5650
  • graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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  Anglo-Boer War Military Museum Graaff-Reinet

  • Graaff-Reinet

  The museum provides an overview of the military history of Graaff-Reinet from the 1800`s until 30 June 2007.

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  • 049 892 3801
  • graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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  Reinet House Museum, Graaff-Reinet

  • Graaff-Reinet

  The 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...

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  • 049 892 3801
  • graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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  Old Library Museum, Graaff-Reinet

  • Graaff-Reinet

  While 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...

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  • 049 892 3801
  • graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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  Old Residency Museum, Graaff-Reinet

  • Graaff-Reinet

  The 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.

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  • 049 8910664
  • graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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  The Bushman Heritage Museum

  • Nieu-Bethesda

  The Bushman Heritage Museum - A unique museum of contemporary art made by living Bushmen, includes a permanent collection of stunning tapestries made by local Bushmen artists at the Bethesda Arts Centre, artwork that explores the...

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  • 049 841 1731
  • 062 210 5893
  • sandra@bethesdatower.co.za
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  Owl House & Helen Martins

  • Nieu-Bethesda

  Helen 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....

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  • 049 841 1733
  • admin@theowlhouse.co.za
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• More InfoUpdated: January 2018
  Kitching Fossil Exploration Centre

  • Nieu-Bethesda

  A 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...

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  • 076 629 0058
  • ian.mckay@wits.ac.za
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  Military History Museum Graaff Reinet

  • Graaff-Reinet

  The Military History Museum is the most recent addition to the Graaff-Reinet Museum Complex and was established in 2005.

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  • 049 892 5650
  • graaffreinetmuseum@intekom.co.za
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• More InfoUpdated: October 2019
  Hester Rupert Art Museum Graaff Reinet

  • Graaff-Reinet

  Located in Church Street, Graaff-Reinet, is housed in the fifth oldest church building in South Africa. It was built and consecrated as a Dutch Reformed Mission Church in 1821, 35 years after the founding of the village of...

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  • 049 807 5700
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  The Recollection Village

  • Graaff-Reinet

  Graaff-Reinet's newest attraction, for locals and tourists alike, The Village and The ReCollection Rides Museum.

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  • 072 248 3108
  • cvj@gam.co.za
• More InfoUpdated: November 2019
  Jan Rupert Centre

  • Graaff-Reinet

  The Neo-Gothic building in Middle Street was originally a place of worship for the Mantatees, a refugee Sotho tribe that had fled south across the Orange River in the 1820’s. The Jan Rupert centre has at present on exhibition...

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  • 049 892 6107
  • janrupertcentre@telkomsa.net