Albany Museum, History museum in Makhanda, South Africa
The Albany Museum spans across seven buildings, featuring geological specimens, natural history collections, and archaeological artifacts from the Eastern Cape region.
The museum originated in 1855 from natural history and geology collections of the Eastern Province Literary, Scientific and Medical Society, making it South Africa's second oldest museum.
The museum exhibits preserve Khoisan artifacts, colonial period items, and Palaeolithic stone tools discovered near the Great Fish River by Thomas Holden Bowker.
The museum complex includes the Natural Sciences Museum, History Museum, Observatory Museum, and Fort Selwyn, each offering different aspects of regional heritage.
The museum houses specimens from the Waterloo Farm lagerstätte and maintains a herbarium with plant materials dating back to 1812 collected by William John Burchell.
Location: Makhanda
Inception: 1855
Website: http://am.org.za
GPS coordinates: -33.31334,26.52192
Latest update: March 8, 2025 22:11
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