Object Listing

In the cornice and pediment there is a sculpture designed by well-known Cape architect Anton Anreith. It is the only example left of such embossment on a building in Cape Town of which there were formerly at least twenty.

A bronze land cannon manufactured by Manuel Bocarro in Macoa, China, bearing the remains of the crest of Macoa, being a rampant lion with a crown on its head, between the dolphin-shaped lifting handles and the touch hole. In front of the handles there are two trunnions for mounting the cannon and at the decorated back end there is a cascabel. The total length  of the cannon is  3 910 mm and the greatest circumference (near the touch hole) is 1 559 mm and the smallest (near the mouth) 817 mm. The diameter of the bore is 136 mm.The cannon is located at 23 Rocklands Road, Beacon Bay, East London.

Bronze Feyo naval cannon salvaged from the wreck of the Nossa Senhora de Atalaia do PinheiroMade in Portugal by Antonio Gomes Feyo, bearing the inscribed initials AGF, as well as the Portuguese coat of arms. The touch hole surrounds are decorated and the two lifting handles are dolphin-shaped. The cascabel is also decorated. There are two trunnions for mounting the cannon. The total length of the cannon is 3 103 mm and the greatest circumference near the touch hole is 1 367 mm and the smallest (near the mouth) 788 mm. The diameter of the bore is 128 mm.

A bronze or brass cannon made in Portugal in 1638. It bears a coat of arms, probably that of Portugal, some initials and the date 1638 on its barrel. The two lifting handles are dolphin-shaped. There are two trunnions for mounting the cannon, as well as a cascabel. The total length of the cannon is 3 541 mm, and the greatest circumference is 1 383 mm and the smallest 783 mm. The diameter of the bore is 136 mm.
The cannon is located at 23 Rockalnds Road, Beacon Bay, East London.

Griquatown the former capital of the Griquas lies 40 km west of Campbell. It is an o

Clara is one of the last remaining steam locomotives used for conveying copper ore on the historic rail section from Okiep and Nababeep to Port Nolloth. The locomotive was used from 1890 to 1941.

The printing press contributed much to the effectiveness of the Genootskap van Regte Afrikaners which played an important part in the history of the Afrikaans language.

This old grandfather clock is an outstanding example of the fine craftsmanship that was practised at the Cape during the eighteenth century.

This copper brandy still is one of the few remaining working stills of its kind in South Africa.

The Percival R Kirby Collection consists of musical instruments the majority of which were used in Southern Africa prior to 1934. The Collection includes instruments made and played by indigenous Southern African Peoples as well as a smaller collection of instruments from Western Europe and some from Asia for comparative purposes.

Steam Locomotive - Gauge 1067mm 

The locomotive and the private coach are important links in the history of the South African Railways.

The collection of cultural artefacts associated with the Iron Age settlements on Mapungubwe Hill the Southern Terrace K2 and Bambandyanalo situated on the farm Greefswald Messina District