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Kimberley - Museums - South Africa


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The Kimberley Tram

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 832 7298

City Hall to/from Open Mine Museum

Ths historic tram runs between the Kimberley City Hall and the Open Mine Museum at regular intervals. A "must" for visitors of all ages.

Alexander McGregor Memorial Museum

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 842 0099

Chapel Street

Situated in Chapel Street in the CBD. The original McGregor Museum was built in 1907 in memory of Alexander McGregor, a former mayor.

William Humphreys Art Gallery

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 831 1724

Jan Smuts Boulevard

One of the most important galleries in the country, the WHAG houses a collection of traditional and contemporary South African graphics, sculptures and paintings. It hosts many special exhibitions from time to time.

The Transport Museum

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 838 2376

Florence St (Railway Station)

Has a fine collection of railway memorabilia from the early days of steam locomotion. Kimberley was a main line terminus on the routes to and from Cape Town and the goldfields of the Transvaal.

Rhodess Boardroom

Phone

Address

+27 (0)83 732 3189

Warren Street

Rhodes Boardroom is on Warren St, Gladstone. It is a National Monument and was the De Beers Mining Company Head Office from 1886 to 1889 when it moved to Stockdale St. Many artifacts of Rhodes, Jameson, etc are on display, including the original boardroom table and chairs. This was the building where the mines amalgamation took place in 1888.

McGregor Museum

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 842 0099

Atlas Street

Originally constructed in 1897 by De Beers as a sanatorium, the building has served as a luxury hotel (Hotel Belgrave) and later as a convent school. The museum provides research and advice to a wide range of community projects throughout the Northern Cape.

Dunluce

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 842 0099

10 Lodge Road

An elegant home built in 1897 for Gustav Bonas. It was John Orrs family home from 1902 to 1975.  It was declared a national monument in 1990. 

Rudd House

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 842 0099

5 Loch Road

Formerly the lavish home of HP Rudd, a mining magnate. It was restored to its full grandeur by the McGregor Museum. It was declared a national monument in 1990. This house can be viewed by appointment with the McGregor Museum.

Duggan Cronin Gallery

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 842 0099

Egerton Road

Exhibits indigenous cultures and lifestyles in some 8000 photographs taken by Irishman AM Duggan Cronin between 1919 and 1939 are just some of the invaluable ethnographic collection.

Belgravia & The Great Kimberley North Walk
If you enjoy walking there are two walks around Kimberley taking you past all the historic sights.

Memorial to the pioneers of Aviation

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 851 1197

General Ken van der Spuy Drive

Established in 1912/13. The birthplace of the South African Air Force. It is a reconstruction of the hangar, with a replica of the Compton Paterson bi-plane used in flight training. Just past the airport on the way to Magersfontein.

Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 833 7069

Barkly West Road ( 15km)

Wildebeest Kuil is one of some 15 000 known rock art sites in South Africa. The art occurs in two forms: paintings and, as at Wildebeest Kuil, engravings.

Magersfontein Battlefield and Museum

Phone

Address

+27 (0)53 842 0099

Airport Rd to Modder River (30Km)

Tours to the many battlefields can be designed around individual needs.



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