All Attractions: Historical in Kimberley

  The Honoured Dead Memorial The Honoured Dead Memorial is a provincial heritage site in Kimberley in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It is situated a…

The William Humphreys Art Gallery, situated in Kimberley's Civic Centre, is considered one of the finest art museums in South Africa. The art collection at William Hu…

The Duggan-Cronin Gallery is a photographic museum displaying the photographs of Alfred Duggan-Cronin, Aubrey Elliot, Jean Morris and Alice Mertens. This collect…

Magersfontein Battlefield About 31.5 km on the Modderriver Road past the airport. The Magersfontein battlefield is a must for any visitor to Kimberley. It is situate…

Head for the Kimberley Africana Library in Kimberley for one of the finest collections of Africana in the world. The library houses about 14000 books, 640 manuscripts…

  The McGregor Museum was originally located in Chapel Street, but was moved in the early 1970s to a larger building, the old Kimberley Sanatorium – the same build…

The Big Hole Visitors Center.   A ‘hole’ new experience ….. You’ll dig it! A visit to the Big Hole will transport you back in time to the v…

Background South Africa’s rich heritage of rock art occurs in the form of engravings on the interior plains, and paintings in the more mountainous areas, their…

  Dunluce, or Lillianville as it was first known, is a typical late Victorian house with wooden facade and much of the original furnishings. It is one of Kimberley…

Henrietta Stockdale, an Anglican nun of the Order of Saint Michael and All Angels, became the first matron of the new Kimberley hospital. The nurses she trained were mu…

  Kimberley is regarded as the cradle of aviation in South Africa and in 1913, South Africa’s first fling school opened here.   Pilots of the South Afr…

  Rudd House is a typical example of a residence built for the wealthy during the 19th century. The building is surrounded by verandahs and is lavishly furnished.…

  The Gardens are a memorial to the late Sir Ernest Oppenheimer, diamond magnate and the first elected mayor of the municipality of the city of Kimberley when Beac…

Kimberley’s bronze monument of Queen Victoria has pride of place outside the William Humphreys Art Gallery on Jan Smuts Boulevard opposite the Oppenheimer Ga…

  The Masonic Temple is a single-storey corrugated iron structure with a saddle roof and centrally placed air vent. A verandah is found to the rear of the building…

  The Synagogue – Kimberley, Northern Cape.   Synagogue in the Byzantine style designed by D.W. Greatbatch built in 1902, and based on the synagogue…

  The Transport Museum is located at the Kimberley Railway Station.   The Transport Museum showcases the development of the railways and transport system…

  The Sol Plaatje House Museum hosts a library for African literature, with interesting displays on Sol Plaatje’s life.   A founder member of the ANC, Plaat…

  The tram system, set up by the Victoria Tramways Company, first started transporting people to the ever-expanding Big Hole in 1887 and today you can take a 20-mi…

  A trip to Kimberley would be incomplete without visiting the city’s main attraction, the Big Hole.   Right in the middle of the city, this giant 215-metre d…

The Harry Oppenheimer house was constructed for the sorting of all diamonds mined by De Beers in Southern Africa. Since diamonds are best sorted by gentle natural ligh…

   The Cenotaph – World War Memorial Monument    Kimberley’s Cenotaph unveiled in Du Toitspan Road on 15 July 1928    The Cenotaph erected orig…

  Alexander Mcgregor Memorial Museum – Kimberley.   Changes are underway at this museum and it will soon be a Kimberley History Museum, with a Kimber…

St Cyprian’s Cathedral is one of several Anglican parishes in the City of Kimberley and, as the seat of the Bishop, is the mother church to the Diocese of Kimberle…