Visit the Colesberg-Kemper Museum in Colesberg, Northern Cape

Northern Cape Things To Do

Visit the Colesberg-Kemper Museum (Colesberg)

Categories: Museums / Wheelchair Friendly
Price group: On Request (see other things to do in this price group)
Available in the following region(s): Upper Karoo

Address: Colesberg Kemper Museum, Murray Street, Colesberg, Northern Cape.
Telephone: +27 (0)51 753-0678
Opening hours: By arrangement.

Visit the Colesberg-Kemper Museum

Colesberg has several national monuments, one of which is the Colesberg-Kemper Museum. A fine example of 19th century Karoo architecture, it originally was the Colesberg Bank and later the Standard Bank. The Colesberg-Kemper Museum now houses fascinating relics of the town's rich tapestry of history.

This museum started in 1924 when G L Kemper donated his collection of artifacts to the municipality. It has grown into a valuable local cultural history museum. Among its exhibits is a collection of fossils dating back to the first reptiles which inhabited this area and a permanent photographic display, compiled by UNISA, on the Karoo Nomads - (the donkey ‘karretjie' people).

Walking tours of the town are a speciality of the museum . The museum also organises tours of farms and the district.

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