Himeville Museum


One of the best rural museums in the country. Housed in a retired fort dating back to 1899, the museum now contains an incredible array of bric-a-brac, from antiques from daily life in 20th-century South Africa to the Union Jack flown at the siege of Ladysmith to a map of El Alamein signed by Bernard Montgomery.


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