Old Residency
Old Residency is a museum in Camdeboo Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape which is located on Parsonage Street. Old Residency is situated nearby to the museum Reinet House, as well as near Military History.- Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 8:00 AM—1:00 PM and Monday—Friday 1:45 PM—4:30 PM and Friday 1:30 PM—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Address: Parsonage Street, Graaff-Reinet, 6280
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Camdeboo National Park and Hester Rupert Art Museum.
Camdeboo National Park
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Camdeboo National Park is in Karoo Heartland of South Africa. It is most famous for the Valley of Desolation, where breathtaking cliffs and columns of rock form a haven for dozens of birds species.
Hester Rupert Art Museum
Museum
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Hester Rupert Art Museum is situated 240 metres west of Old Residency.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Graaff-Reinet and Kroonvale.
Graaff-Reinet
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Graaff-Reinet is a town of 36,000 people in the Karoo Heartland. A touch of history wafts around the old houses, the small church and the busy main street of Graaff-Reinet.
Kroonvale
Suburb
Graaff-Reinet, officially Robert Sobukwe Town after a name change in February 2026, is a town in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. It is the oldest town in the province and the sixth oldest town in South Africa, after Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Simon's Town, Paarl and Swellendam.
Adendorp
Village
Adendorp, officially KwaMseki Bishop Limba after a name change in February 2026, is a village 8 km south of Graaff-Reinet, on the Sundays River. It was named after the former owner of the farm, N J Adendorff, who sub-divided it into smallholdings in about 1858. Adendorp is situated 6 km south of Old Residency.
Old Residency
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Camdeboo Local Municipality, Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-32.25143° or 32° 15′ 5″ southLongitude
24.53851° or 24° 32′ 19″ eastOperator
Graaff-Reinet MuseumsOpen location code
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Highlights include Reinet House and Military History.
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