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Boland Farm Museum Complex, Kleinplasie - Main Building
Florian Park, Worcester, Western Cape

GABRIËL FAGAN ARCHITECTS: Architect
Gabriël Theron (Gawie) FAGAN: Design Architect

Date:n.d.
Type:Museum
Status:Extant
1985SAIA Award of Merit

 


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Coordinates:
33°38'29.08" S 19°28'03.27" E Alt: 239m

In 1975 an ambitious project to have an open-air museum was planned to be established on the farm Kleinplassie (formerly Roodewal). Some of the displays would be housed in existing early 19th-centuary farm buildings or in exact replicas. The project had the support of Breede River wineries and other agricultural organisations. Implementation started in 1978.

Buildings that form part of the complex are:
Coach-house
Dairy
Early Farm Homestead
Horse Mill
Kapstyl Huis - House
Kraal
Labourer's Cottage
Lime Kiln
Lye Pots and Raisin Court
Shepherd's Hut
Smithy
Tobacco Shed
Watermill
Whip-stick Oven
Wine Cellar


Books and articles that reference Boland Farm Museum Complex, Kleinplasie - Main Building

Fransen, Hans. 1978. Guide to the Museums of Southern Africa. Cape Town: Galvin & Sales (Pty) Ltd, for the Southern African Museums Association. pg 106