Siege Museum

KwaZulu-Natal


This museum, next to the town hall in the old Market House (built 1884), which was used to store rations during the Anglo-Boer War siege, may be small but it's full to bursting with lovingly curated exhibits. It has winding hallways full of displays about the war, stocks information about the town and surrounds, and can provide a list of battlefield tour guides.


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