Important Notice

Dear visitor please note that the Worcester Museum is open to the public from Mondays to Saturdays.  Visiting hours is 8H00-16H00 Monday to Friday and 08H00-13H00 on Saturdays.

Booking of venues, school programs and the Museum shop is also open

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About Worcester Museum

Worcester in the Breede River Valley has a rich history covering a time when the region was inhabited by indigenous hunter gathers and pastoralists followed by trekker farmers and later the introduction of commerce and industrial change.
Owing to its situation in the Breede River Valley the Worcester Museum is a cultural history museum with a strong focus on agriculture. The collections emphasise the Cape colonial history with agricultural implements, wagons, furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles and metal. The grounds have been developed with structures forming a traditional Cape farm yard. Live demonstrations depict activities of a bygone era such as the baking of bread in an outdoor brick oven and the forging of metal by a blacksmith. The museum has a well developed educational function offering an annual programme with the focus on traditional farm and household traditions such as the tramping grapes for wine making, shearing sheep, milking cows and candle making.
The museum is consistently working at establishing and maintaining networks across the community. One of the museum objectives is promoting social harmony and dialogue. Consultative workshops are being held in the Worcester community to gauge the support for new museum interpretations of the development of Worcester and its people. The community rich in its diversity will hopefully find a common platform at the museum to show case itself.

Museum Opening Times

Monday to Friday

08.00 – 16.00

Saturdays

08.00 – 13.00

Sundays Closed

Public Holidays

The museum is closed on New Years Day, Good Friday and Christmas Day

Admission

Free entry on Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday  

Booked school groups are Free

Adults: R15.00

Children: R5.00

Demonstrations

Monday to Friday:

Rolling tobacco, bread baking, soap making, candle making, coffee making, metal work and donkey cart rides

Saturdays

Bread baking

Guided Tours

Available on request, contact us

Tel: 023-3422225