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Bayworld Museum Complex, Port Elizabeth, one of the major tourist attractions in Port Elizabeth, is located along Marine Drive on the seashore at Humewood. This museum consists of the Museum, Snake Park, Oceanarium and Number 7 Castle Hill Museum. The purpose of Bayworld Museum Complex, Port Elizabeth is actually to emphasis on public awareness for the requirement of preservation of the natural wealth and cultural legacy of the land.
You will wonder to see the variety of articles that the Bayworld Museum Complex, Port Elizabeth exhibits, ranging from primitive dinosaurs to the most up-to-date cultural beadwork and a range of historical wealth. The museum features the most amazing exhibitions like a life-sized reconstruction of the giant prehistoric dinosaur known as Algoasaurus, the 15 meter skeleton of the last southern right whale harpooned in Algoa Bay, a 5 meters long bronze cannon dating back to 1640 found from a Portuguese galleon that was broken near Port Elizabeth and a copy of the Dias Cross.
At Oceanarium, you can see dolphin and seal presentations that take place daily. Some exhibitions in Oceanarium also feature an underwater surveillance area in the large aquarium, diverse range of smaller tanks for diverse species of bony fishes, a dolphin research centre and two larger tanks boasting sharks and stingrays.
A wide diversity of reptiles like snakes, tortoises and crocodiles can be seen at the Snake Park, which is considered to be the oldest in Africa. You can also get to see some uncommon and poisonous species like Madagascar ground boas, which are kept securely in glass areas. You can also go for the reptile demonstrations every day.
7 Castle Street Museum, another most attractive option at Bayworld Museum Complex, Port Elizabeth, was completed in the year 1830. It is now considered to be one of the oldest existing Settler huts in Port Elizabeth. The interior decoration reflects the feel of the domestic life of mid-19th Century Port Elizabeth. This panoramic family residence situated in Castle Hill Road, Central has yellow-colored floors and a mended slate roof. The lace, dollhouse and kitchen will surely delight you.
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