Bathurst Agricultural Museum in Bathurst, Eastern Cape, South Africa | Museum

Bathurst Agricultural Museum located in Bathurst in the Eastern Cape of South Africa tells the history of machinery.

"Today's Machinery is Tomorrow's History"
The frontier country of the 1820 Settler's was a harsh land, beautiful in rainy seasons, but heart-breaking in drought and this was where the Settlers had to "take root and grow or die where they stood" (quotation of Henry Hare Dugmore, one of the leaders of the 1820 Settler's)

Bathurst Agricultural Museum is a tribute to their courage and entrepreneurship in the bay gone era of the Eastern Cape settlers.

In 1970, a small group of people interested in preserving the heritage of agriculture in the Eastern Cape, formed a committee to establish a home for the many valuable items which would otherwise be lost forever

Starting with a mere 30 items, the collection has grown to more than 1400, many of which are both rare and unique and all of which have been donated.

There is something of interest for everyone as the collection ranges from ox-wagons, horse drawn vehicles, agricultural implements and tractors, steam engines, dairy and household utensils, veterinary equipment, ostrich incubators to name but a few of the exciting exhibits the Museum has to offer!

The first week of 2004 saw the completion of the giant 19 x 7 metre mural on the walls of the Museum. The design, layout and the lions share of the hard work was done by Anna Woolf, who together with a number teenagers volunteered their time and skills to compete the eye catching murals with their 3D effect

Johan, the caretaker of the Museum at the time says there has been a marked increase in visitors since the painting started. Delighted with the murals, he told visitors, "she really knows how to bend a wall!