Grahamstown Gallery

Albany History Museum, Somerset Street

Albany Museum is an affiliated research institute of Rhodes University. The Museum today consists of a family of seven buildings which includes the Natural Sciences Museum, the History Museum, the Observatory Museum, Fort Selwyn, the Old Provost military prison, Drostdy Arch and the Old Priest’s House which is leased to the National English Literary Museum.

There are a number of Research Departments. All museum collections are curated by specialists in their fields.

The Natural Sciences Museum houses permanent collections of terrestrial insects, freshwater invertebrates, freshwater fishes, a plant herbarium, birds, palaeontological fossils, rocks and minerals, ethnographic and archaeological material.

The History Museum houses an important collection of historical artefacts as well as a genealogical archive relating to the 1820 British Settlers. The Fine Art collection is also housed in the History Museum.

The First Floor of the Albany History Museum is on the First floor of the Museum and not accessible for the mobility impaired

Park in Somerset street or Eden Grove

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22 June
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23 June
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24 June
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25 June
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26 June
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27 June
Tuesday
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28 June
Wednesday
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29 June
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30 June
Friday
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01 July
Saturday
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02 July
Sunday
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