Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex
The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex is the second biggest provincial museum affiliated to the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport in South Africa. It is located at Mossel Bay.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Buonasera, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—4:45 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 AM—3:45 PM
public holidays: 9:00 AM—3:45 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: Maritime museum
- Also known as: “Dias Museum” and “The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Post Office Tree and Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse.
Post Office Tree
Photo: Lugerda, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Post Office Tree is a famous milkwood tree in Mossel Bay, South Africa that was used by early Portuguese explorers as a post office. It is located in the grounds of the Bartholomeu Dias Museum Complex in Market Street.
Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Russell James Smith, CC BY 2.0.
Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse is a lighthouse near Mossel Bay, South Africa. Cape St. Blaize Lighthouse is situated 1½ km southeast of Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mossel Bay and Hartenbos.
Mossel Bay
Photo: landagent, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mossel Bay is a harbour town of about 170,000 people on the Garden Route of South Africa. It is an important tourism and farming region of the Western Cape Province.
Hartenbos
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Hartenbos is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is located some 45 kilometres outside George, South Africa. It belongs, together with 20 other settlements, to the Mossel Bay Local Municipality. Hartenbos is situated 7 km northwest of Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex.
Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Mossel Bay, Garden Route District Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-34.17996° or 34° 10′ 48″ southLongitude
22.14181° or 22° 8′ 31″ eastOpen location code
4GQ4R4CR+2POpenStreetMap ID
node 2694265434OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q15961092
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Dias Museum and Shells and Fish.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex”. Photo: Buonasera, CC BY-SA 3.0.