Somerset East Museums

• More InfoUpdated: February 2018
  The Somerset East Museum

  Shortly after the establishment of the town of Somerset, 1825, land on the slopes of the Boschberg Mountain was given to the Wesleyan missionaries for a chapel and graveyard.

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  • 042 243 2079
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• More InfoUpdated: November 2018
  Walter Battiss Art Museum, Somerset East

  Open 8.30 - 13.00 and 14.00 to 17.00 weekdays, but the building is sometimes closed due to other commitments, so phone ahead if you are coming from out of town. Saturday and Public holidays 10.00 - 12.00 by appointment.

  • Historic Buildings & Architecture
  • Arts and Crafts
  • History
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  • 042 243 1448
  • 073 698 6539
  • walterbattissfoundation@gmail.com
• More InfoUpdated: September 2015
  Ann's Villa Blacksmith Museum

  Located at the foot of the Zuurberg Pass a km off the R335 is the historic inn of Ann’s Villa. Here you will find the original blacksmith which formed part of this small hamlet. The smithy is now a registered museum open to the...

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  • 084 548 4398
  • hglunn@mweb.co.za
• More InfoUpdated: November 2016
  Slachter's Nek Exhibition at Somerset East

  The Slachter's Nek Exhibition in the Somerset East Museum is staged around the actual beam used for the hanging of the Slachter's Nek rebels in 1816.

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• More InfoUpdated: June 2013
  Museum Ghosts, Somerset East

  Over the years, several visitors to the Somerset East Old Parsonage Museum have reported seeing a tall man in a black suit sitting behind the desk in the study. There have been incidents of visitors seeing the light bulb over the...

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  • 042 243 1448
  • 073 698 6539
  • bluecranetourism@gmail.com