This interesting provincial museum (which was the old magistrate's
residence) is crammed with local memorabilia and charts the
involvement of Greytown from pioneering days, the Anglo/Zulu War of
1879, the second Boer War of 1899 to the Bambatha rebellion of
1906. There is a Victorian Children's room, a Hindu and Muslim
room, a Zulu Culture room, a blacksmith's forge and a selection of
farming equipment. There is also a Greytown history room, a display
of medical items and office equipment. Outside the museum are a
number of larger items including a 1750 cannon brought to the town
by 18 year old girl who was orphaned as a result of a shipwreck on
the Wild Coast. She was accompanied on her journey of several
hundred kilometres of untamed land by ten shipwrecked Zulus. It
also houses an old British Naval gun that was fired by the
magistrate when mail arrived, about every two months. Email:
num@futurenet.org.za PO Box 71, Greytown, 3500 09.00 - 12.30 &
14.00 - 16.00 weekdays 0334 31171 71393fx
The cache is a small plastic container, with a logbook and
pencil, plus a few other goodies. When replacing the cache, please
ensure that you camouflage it properly on both sides.
Abg ba gur cebcregl - guvf pnpur unf zbirq gb tebhaq-mreb naq vg "ebpxf"!