The Natal Museum is a Natural and Cultural History Museum located in Pietermaritzburg and is one of South Africa's five National Museums. The Museum is the largest national museum in KwaZulu-Natal and is dedicated to the collection, preservation, study and exhibition of objects of cultural and scientific value, concentrating on both the Natural and Human Sciences.
The Museum has collections of South African mammals, birds, amphibians, insects and mollusks as well as valuable paleontological and geological material. The ethnological department has artifacts from different parts of Africa. There are also a room devoted to the history of Natal and a reconstruction of a Victorian street, with houses and shops.
Open Hours:
Monday to Friday: 09:00 to 16:30 Saturdays: 10:00 to 16:00 Sundays: 11:00 to 15:00
