Open Mine Museum

Open Mine Museum is a museum in Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape. Open Mine Museum is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Kimberley Mine, as well as near the cliff Big Hole.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Big Hole and Sol Plaatje Museum.

Big Hole

Photo: irene2005, CC BY 2.0.

The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa. It has been considered the deepest hole excavated by hand, contending the title with Jagersfontein Mine.

Sol Plaatje Museum

Museum

Photo: TwinMosia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Sol Plaatje Museum and Library is in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa, in a house where Solomon T. Plaatje lived during his last years at 32 Angel Street, Malay Camp. Sol Plaatje Museum is situated 1¼ km southeast of Open Mine Museum.

Kimberley railway station

Railway station

Photo: Andre Kritzinger, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kimberley railway station is the central railway station of the city of Kimberley, in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. Because Kimberley is the junction of the main Cape Town–Johannesburg main line with another line from Bloemfontein, it is served by several routes of the Shosholoza Meyl inter-city service. Kimberley railway station is situated 1½ km east of Open Mine Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kimberley and Beaconsfield.

Kimberley

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Kimberley is the capital of the Northern Cape Province of South Africa. Amongst other things, it is famous for its Big Hole, the world's largest hand-dug excavation that was created when thousands of people searched for diamonds at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries.

Beaconsfield

Suburb

Beaconsfield is a suburb of Kimberley, South Africa, formerly known as Du Toit's Pan. Beaconsfield was a separate borough from Kimberley itself until its amalgamation with the latter as the City of Kimberley in 1912. Beaconsfield is situated 3½ km southeast of Open Mine Museum.

Open Mine Museum

Opening hours: 8:00 AM—5:00 PM
Type: Museum
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Sol Plaatjie, Frances Baard District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude

-28.73874° or 28° 44′ 20″ south

Longitude

24.75528° or 24° 45′ 19″ east

Open location code

5G367Q64+G4

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29379003

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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