Named for a local resident who started the collection, the museum is a magnificent hotchpotch of everything from old matchboxes, ornate 19th-century bibles and a room full of sewing machines to San artefacts, then-and-now photos of the town and an interesting exhibition on the construction of the Swartberg Pass.
Fransie Pienaar Museum
Western Cape
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