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Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth wears the prestigious title of being the third oldest in South Africa and is the parent unit of Bayworld in Port Elizabeth. This museum is the place to know both the cultural with natural history of the land. Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth is housed in a huge, three-storey building. One of the major tourist destinations Port Elizabeth Tourist Attractions, it is a must visit site while you are on your Port Elizabeth Tours.
The lower floor of Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth contains the library, administration offices, storerooms and workshops. The ground and first floors contain the Dinosaur, Marine, Bird, Maritime History, Costume and Local History Halls, a Curiosity Corner and a Xhosa Beadwork display. Apart from these, the museum has exhibits in the fields of natural science, archeology and geology on regular display.
The romance and drama of a bygone era come alive at the Maritime History Hall of Port Elizabeth Museum in Port Elizabeth. Here you will find bronze cannons, copper ingots, porcelain and other treasures. Apart from these artifacts on display, there are fully rigged models of sailing ships. The museum also has models and skeletons of whales, dolphins, sharks and bony fish. Also, models of some of the dinosaurs that existed during the prehistoric age and models of the birds of Algoa Bay are presented here in life-like settings.
The highlights of Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth are the 15 meter-long skeleton of the last Southern right whale harpooned in Nelson Mandela Bay and a life-sized reconstruction of the giant local prehistoric dinosaur known as Algoasaurus. Among the other noteworthy exhibits, there are a replica of the Dias Cross and a 5 meter bronze cannon which can be dated back to 1640. It was recovered from a Portuguese galleon wrecked near Port Elizabeth.
Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth remains open to public daily from 9 am to 4.30 pm. Apart from Port Elizabeth Museum, Port Elizabeth, the other sites which are worth a visit in Port Elizabeth are Donkin Street, Campanille, Tropical House, Addo Elephant National Park, Zuurberg National Park, Cultural history Museum, Sea View Lion Park, Humewood Golf Club, Bayworld Museum Complex and Hobie Beach in Port Elizabeth.
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