Old Harbour Museum
March 2, 2023
Erf 556 in Church Street was granted to Dirk Wouter Hoffman in 1835. The building was constructed by Jacobus Petrus de Wet, a family from Boontjieskraal, […]
March 2, 2023
In 1991, as whales became the chosen tourist attraction to Hermanus, José Burman, Board of Trustees member and chairman of the Friends of the OHM, proposed a whale museum for the community of the Greater Hermanus on an open section of the Fishermen’s Village.
March 1, 2023
A museum is the link to the past and surroundings and events are chronologically or scientifically portrayed/communicated/ interpreted through exhibitions. Through interactive exhibitions visitors are learning […]
March 1, 2023
The Old Harbour Museum was officially proclaimed a museum in 1972. It is a province-aided museum. In 1983 the Board of Trustees bought the Fishermen’s Village. […]