1820 Settlers National Monument in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. If you’re in Grahamstown and head towards Rhodes University you will find a huge square ...

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The Observatory Museum is declared a National Mounument (now called Heritage sites). It is situated in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. Originally the building was a jewellers shop and residence. It is now a part of the Albany Museum.

OBSERVATORY MUSEUM Established 1982. (A component of the Albany Museum Complex). 10 Bathurst Street, Grahamstown. Tel : (046) 622 2312 This building was originally a 19th Century jeweller's shop and family home. Its connection with the identification of the Eureka, South Africa's first authenticated diamond, in 1867, prompted De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited to purchase the building and restore it in 1981-1982, to commemorate the beginnings of the country's diamond industry. It was opened…

The Old Provost, Grahamstown: Visited decades ago. I remember a lady there, selling beautiful beads.

1820's Settler's Monument, Grahamstown Photo: Megan Whittington

Cannon at the 1820's Settler's Monument in Grahamstown. Photo: Megan Whittington

Albany Museum in Grahamstown, South Africa. Photo: Megan Whittington

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The Observatory Museum’s iconic powder-blue clocktower. The serenity of the roof starkly differs from the frantic buzz of Bathurst Street below. Photo: Heather Cameron

We are all Marikana at Settler's Monument, Grahamstown Photo: Megan Whittington

A view from the hallway of the third floor of the Observatory Museum. The Victorian style decor runs throughout the building. No word on if the mounted buck are also from the Victorian era. Photo: Heather Cameron