AREND DIEPERINK MUSEUM

The Arend Dieperink Museum contains a valuable cultural-historical collection of Voortrekker and Sotho artifacts, and is housed in a graceful stone building originally built as a school.

The museum portrays the history of the town and its surroundings from the time of the ape-men at Makapan’s Cave, right through to the Anglo-Boer War and recent times. The museum also show-cases some

The exhibit includes a replica of a typical bosveldhuis, the type of dwelling in which the white farmers lived. Demonstrations are available on request. Piet Potgieter’s grave lies within the municipal office enclosure.

The Makapansgat: Caves through the Ages exhibition is a display on the nearby Makapans caves in the Makapans Valley.