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The Graaff-Reinet Museum is the fifth largest province-aided museum in the Eastern Cape. It's a major tourist attraction within the Camdeboo area and one of the most important international tourist attractions.
Reinet House, as it is also known, is a fine example of a Cape H-plan house. High up in the gable is an hourglass, with extended wings, reputed to have been placed there as a reminder that ‘time flies’. In 1980 a fire destroyed the back portion of the building, but fortunately much of the contents were saved. With the aid of public donations and professional guidance to ensure an authentic restoration, reconstruction of the building was undertaken so that it could once again house the fine collection of period furniture and relics of the past.
Exhibits on show include the Laubscher doll collection, a history of The Murray Family who were occupants of the house for more than 80 years, a mill house with water wheel, a grape vine planted in 1870, period furniture, a Withond distillery and the Rykie Pretorius Clothing Collection.
