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
JK Rowling, creator of the billion-dollar boarding school fantasy series, is famous ...
The Cradock Four were a group of four anti-apartheid activists who were abducted ...
The Groot Kerk is one of Graaff-Reinet’s best-known landmarks, but the town ...
Situated in the picturesque town of Nieu-Bethesda, and home of the famous ...
The Somerset East Museum is nestled at the foot of the Boschberg ...
The Museum Association was founded in 1983 with the prospect of establishing ...
Ganora Guest Farm is a sheep farm situated just outside Nieu Bethesda in the ...
The Great Fish River Museum is dedicated to showcasing the history of ...
In 1875, a commission appointed by the Graaff-Reinet Dutch Reformed Church, purchased ...
Jansenville’s Museum, better known as the Sid Fourie House, stands on Brug ...
The former Residency, situated diagonally opposite Reinet House at the end of ...
On 4 September 1901, during the South African War, the famed British ...
Right in the north of the Karoo Heartland on the border between ...
The Glen Lynden Churches are located in the Baviaans River valley north ...
During the last 1800s, British soldiers created a chessboard on the top ...
The PW Vorster Museum at the Grootfontein Agricultural Institute is housed in ...
Both Willowmore and Steytlerville have a number of historic buildings, churches and ...
The Roodewal historic site next to the N10 near Cookhouse doesn’t just ...
The Military History Museum is the most recent addition to the Graaff-Reinet ...
The Somerset East War Memorial (also called the Delville Wood Memorial) is ...
On 26 June 1902 the foundation stone of the new Town Hall ...
While limited privately sponsored library facilities were available in Graaff-Reinet from about ...
The history of Grootfontein dates back to 1781 when a certain Hendrik ...
Tucked away behind the Verandah Coffee Shop where ladies might lunch on ...
Olive Schreiner House at 9 Cross Street in Cradock is one of the houses in ...
Olive Schreiner (1855-1920), was a political activist, feminist and author of the world-renowned ...
The Graaff-Reinet Museum or “Reinet House”, formerly a Dutch Reformed Church parsonage, ...
Graaff Reinet’s first recorded church was in Church Street. Building of a ...
The large erf at the southern extremity of Market Square, on which ...
Walter Battiss was a master of oil painting and is still considered ...
The Mohair Experience Museum was built next to the Jansenville Museum (Sid ...
The Old Blackstone Power Station, which supplied the town with power until ...
The foundation stone for this building was laid on 24 April 1821 ...
The old Gunpowder Magazine was constructed on the crest of a barren ...
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