McGregor Museum, Historical museum in Kimberley, South Africa

The McGregor Museum is a research institution in Kimberley housing collections on natural sciences, human sciences, and history spread across several buildings. Its holdings include materials from different time periods and scientific fields.

The museum was founded in 1907 and moved to the former Kimberley Sanatorium building in 1973, allowing it to expand its collections and research work. This relocation marked a turning point for the institution's growth.

The Liberation Wing shows South Africa's path to democracy through exhibits and photographs that reflect how people in the Northern Cape region lived through major social changes. You can see documents and images that reveal the everyday impact of these transformations on local communities.

The museum's headquarters occupy the former Kimberley Sanatorium in Belgravia, built in 1897; the original 1907 memorial building stands in Chapel Street in the city centre. Several satellites lie outside Kimberley, including Wonderwerk Cave near Kuruman and the Wildebeest Kuil Rock Art Centre. Allow time to travel between sites.

The museum's founding director, botanist and geologist Maria Wilman, built a herbarium that held nearly 7,000 sheets by the time she retired in 1946. Kimberley has a reputation as one of the world's most haunted cities, and staff tell of ghostly presences in the museum buildings.