A wonderful museum showcasing everything that epitomised the grand days of the ostrich feather boom yet also showing a town that has brought itself through hardships. Lovely displays from clothing, old crockery, turn of the century businesses and much more. Walking tour maps available at...More

Re creating whole shop fronts within the museum has been well done, and there is a practicing Jewish synagogue right in the museum. Be warned - prepare to spend at least a couple hours here to absorb and take in all the museum.

This museum gives lots of information the ostrich industry and the history of Oudtshoorn. Some of the displays are old and bit hard to read. The synagogue is great as is the bank display, but the editorials are hard to read. A good museum.

Museum has a bit of everything in it. It only takes about an hour to see it all. Very small town however thats where it is.

An enormous amount of information is presented in many very large galleries which is almost too much to take in on one visit. The problem is that while you feel like everything you are being told should be interesting, somehow it is not. There is...More

The CP Nel Museum is full of treasures and extremely interesting - you also get a free ticket to visit JP LeRoux house - really worth a visit.

The museum is in the centre of town in a fine building, formerly a school. There are a large number of exhibits of many kinds, a bit overwhelming. But it does help you to understand the rapid development of the town because of the monopoly...More