Alicia's East London
East London Museum (1)
The East London Museum is situated at the top of Oxford Street near Frere Hospital and the Guild Theatre - quite close to our place.
We sometimes pay the museum a visit (all the photos on these 2 pages were taken on 23/07/2000) - especially when it is cold or wet and windy. There are many exhibits on Human History and Natural History - the most important exhibit being the first found coelacanth.
The original coelacanth, Latimeria chalumnae, first discovered in 1938.
Human History - highlights in the museum
The Border Gallery introduces the history of our region and leads into displays of Southern Nguni beadwork and traditional culture. Period settings from the Late Victorian to the 1930s ' Art Deco style feature in the Costume Gallery where Dr. Joseph Denfield's photographs of old East London are also on view.
A gallery is devoted to the Germans who arrived in the Eastern Cape during the 1850's and made their contribution to the rich mix of South African cultures
Trace fossil footprints found in the sandstone rock-face, near Nahoon Point in 1964.
The DOLOS break-water block originated in East London and is now used world-wide
The "Great Guns of the Atalaia" Gallery contains the bronze cannon salvaged from the Portuguese carrack which was wrecked near Cefane in 1647 while sailing from India to Portugal. The bronze cannon and ship's naval guns were salvaged in 1980.
Alicia at the exhibit of the coelacanth
Coelacanth
Discovery of the first coelacanth
Model ships and shipwreck artifacts tell the story of trade and exploration along our coast in the Maritime Gallery. There are exhibits on the Buffalo Harbour and the sinking of the Oceanos.
Inside an old pilot's ship
Old pilot's ship
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