Anglo Boer War museumFree State, South africa
Anglo Boer War museum of Bloemfontein 1
A museum in Bloemfontein about South Africa's Anglo-Boer war — also known as the war museum of the Boer republics.
It is housed in a two-storey complex amidst park like gardens, with a number of monuments, statues and war related artifacts outside such as a wall with the names of children and women who died in concentration camps, a women's monument, some of the guns used in the war, the Anglo-Boer war memorial, and the garden of remembrance.
Inside are displays and paintings about the war, related artifacts and memorabilia, items made by POWs while in camps, and information on nearby battlefields — which can be visited as both a guided and unguided tour.
What to do thereSee or know more about the Anglo-Boer war, and a side of South Africa not known by many.
Best time to visitAny time of the year.
Location of Anglo Boer War museumNear Bloemfontein's city centre.
How to get thereBy train, vehicle, taxi, walking, cycling, public minibus.
There is a train and minibus station nearby as well as an airport within the city limits.
References1. By User:Katangais - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36702662
It is housed in a two-storey complex amidst park like gardens, with a number of monuments, statues and war related artifacts outside such as a wall with the names of children and women who died in concentration camps, a women's monument, some of the guns used in the war, the Anglo-Boer war memorial, and the garden of remembrance.
Inside are displays and paintings about the war, related artifacts and memorabilia, items made by POWs while in camps, and information on nearby battlefields — which can be visited as both a guided and unguided tour.
What to do thereSee or know more about the Anglo-Boer war, and a side of South Africa not known by many.
Best time to visitAny time of the year.
Location of Anglo Boer War museumNear Bloemfontein's city centre.
How to get thereBy train, vehicle, taxi, walking, cycling, public minibus.
There is a train and minibus station nearby as well as an airport within the city limits.
References1. By User:Katangais - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36702662
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