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Date: 1891 Type: Museum Status: Extant Street: White Street

See more photographs Was erected as a Library in 1891 at a cost of £300 (R600) with the proviso that one room be set aside as a municipal office for the town clerk. The building was refurbished as a museum and inaugurated on 6 August 1971 and declared a provincial museum by the Administrator of the then Cape Province in 1972. [Smit. 1973:315] References: Smit, AP (Ed). 1973. Ligglans oor die Berge : Eeufeesgedenkboek Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk en Gemeenskap, Barkly-Oos, 1873-1973. Barkly East: Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerkraad van Barkly-Oos met die medewerking van die Plaaslike Stadsraad. pg 207, 217-218, 315-316