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Museums in the Eastern Cape:

  MUSEUM   ADDRESS  
  Albany Museum Complex   Somerset Street, Grahamstown, 6140
Tel: 046 622 2312
Fax: 046 622 2398
 
The Aliwal Museum Smith Street, Aliwal North, 9750
Tel: 051 634 1910
Fax: 051 633 2289
  Amatole Museum (formerly the Kaffrarian Museum)   Cnr Alexandra and Albert Roads, King William's Town, 5600
Tel: 043 642 4506
Fax: 043 642 1569
 
Anderson Museum Grey Street, Dordrecht, 5435
Tel: 045 943 1017
Fax: 045 943 1966
Ann Bryant Art Gallery 9 St Marks Road, Southernwood, East London, 5201
Tel: 043 722 4044
Barkly East Museum White Street, Barkly East, 9786
Tel: 045 971 0063
Fax: 045 971 0350
Bathurst Agricultural Museum Cnr Trappes and Show Ground Roads, Bathurst, 6166
Tel: 046 625 0853
Burgersdorp Cultural History Museum Piet Retief Street, Burgersdorp, 9744
Tel: 053 653 1738
CM van Coller Museum Cnr Cathcart and Main Streets, Cathcart, 5310
Tel: 045 843 1737
Fax: 045 843 1529
Calgary Transport Museum Situated 13km from East London on the Macleantown Road
Tel 043 730 7244
Cuyler Manor Farm Museum PO Box 225, Uitenhage, 6230
Tel: 041 992 2063
De Beers Centenary Gallery University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700
Tel: 040 602 2277 / 040 602 2269
Fax: 040 653 1926
Drostdy Museum 50 Caledon Street, Uitenhage, 6230
Tel: 041 992 2063
Fax: 041 992 2083
East London Museum 319 Oxford Street, East London
Tel: 043 743 0686
Fax: 043 743 3127
Eastern Star Gallery 4 Anglo African Street, Grahamstown, 6139
Tel: 046 622 7042
F S Malan Museum Henderson Hall University of Fort Hare, Alice, 5700
Tel: 040 602 2277
Fax: 040 653 1926
Fort Beaufort Historical Museum 44 Durban Street, Fort Beaufort, 5720
Tel: 046 645 1555
Fax: 046 645 2082
Fort Selwyn Gunfire Hill, Grahamstown, 6139
Tel: 046 622 2312
Gately House 1 Park Gates Road, Southernwood, 5213
Tel: 043 722 2141
Great Fish River Museum 87 High Street, Cradock, 5880
Tel: 048 881 4509
Hester Rupert Art Museum Church Street, Graaff-Reinet, 6280
Tel: 049 892 2121
History Museum (formerly the 1820 Settlers Memorial Museum) Somerset Street, Grahamstown, 6139
Tel: 046 622 2312
Humansdorp Museum 17 Bureau Street, Humansdorp, 6300
Tel: 042 291 0625
Kerkplein Museum Barkley Street, Aliwal North, 9750
Tel: 051 634 1910 / 051 633 2441
Fax: 051 633 2289
Kowie Museum 650 Pascoe Crescent, East Bank, Port Alfred, 6170
Tel: 046 624 4713
Middelburg Cultural Historical Museum 20 Bennie Street, King Williams Town, 5900
Tel: 049 842 1337
Fax: 049 842 1310
Missionary Museum Berkley Street, King Williams Town, 5600
Tel: 043 642 4506
Fax: 043 642 1569
National English Literary Museum 87 Beaufort Street, Grahamstown, 6139
Tel: 046 622 7042
Fax: 046 622 2582
Natural Sciences Museum Somerset Street, Grahamstown, 6139
Tel: 046 622 2312
New Despatch Museum Despatch Library, Voortrekker Street, Despatch, 6220
Tel: 041 933 1111
Observatory Museum 10 Bathurst Street, Grahamstown, 6140
Tel: 046 622 2312
The Old Library Church Street, Graaff-Reinet, 6280
Tel: 049 892 3801
Fax: 049 892 5650
The Old Railway Station Museum Market Street, Uitenhage, 6230
Tel: 041 992 8210
The Old Residency 2 Parsonage Street, Graaff-Reinet, 6280
Tel: 049 892 3801
Fax: 049 892 5650
Our Heritage Museum / Ons Erfenis Museum Queen Street, Adelaide, 5760
Tel 046 684 0290
The Owl House River Street, Nieu Bethesda, 6280
Tel: 049 841 1603
PW Vorster Museum Grootfontein Agricultural Institute, Middelburg, 5900
Tel: 049 842 1113
The Provost Prison Lucas Avenue, Grahamstown, 6139
Tel: 046 622 2312
Queenstown and Frontier Museum Shepstone Street, Queenstown, 5320
Tel: 045 839 5860
Reinet House / Graaff-Reinet Museum Murray Street, Graaff-Reinet, 6280
Tel: 049 892 3801
Fax: 049 892 5650
Rhodes University Classics Museum New Arts Block, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6139
Tel: 046 603 8274
Rhodes University Museum Cory Library for Historical Research, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6139
Tel: 046 603 8438
SA Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (formerly JLB Smith Institute of Ichtyology) Somerset Street, Grahamstwon, 6139
Tel: 046 636 1002
Fax: 046 622 2403
Schreiner House 9 Cross Street, Cradock, 5880
Tel 048 881 5251
Shell Museum Da Gama Road, Jeffrey's Bay, 6330
Tel: 042 293 1111
Somerset East Museum Beaufort Street, Somerset East, 5850
Tel: 042 243 2079
Sterkstroom Museum 34 Van Zyl Street, Sterkstroom, 5425
Tel: 045 966 0188
Urquhart House Market Square, Graaff-Reinet, 6280
Tel: 049 892 3801
Fax: 049 892 5650
Walter Battiss Art Gallery 45 Paulet Street, Somerset East, 5850
Tel 042 243 2079