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Kimberley Mine Museum - The Big Hole

8301 Kimberley, Afrique du Sud (Northern Cape)
Adresse
 
 
Surface d'exposition - inconnue pour le moment  
 
Type de musée Exposition
Open Air Museum
  • Mining
  • Trams
  • Railway

Heures d'ouverture
 Tours Monday - Friday: First tour 9h00 every hour till 16h00
Saturday - Sunday: First tour 9h00 every second hour till 15h00

Tarif
Situation de 10/2017
 Adult: R100; Child (4 to 12 Years): R60; Family: R320
Contact
Tel. :+27-53-839 4600  Mail :nfo thebighole.co.za  
Page web
vers la localisations / directions
www.thebighole.co.za
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Localisation / directions
S28.738800° E24.755076°S28°44.32800' E24°45.30456'S28°44'19.6800" E24°45'18.2736"
Today passenger train services to and from Kimberley are provided by Spoornet's Shosholoza Meyl, with connections south to Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and north to Johannesburg. Luxury railway experiences are provided on the main north-south line by the Blue Train and Rovos Rail.

Kimberley is located at the intersection of the N12 and N8 national roads.
Description

Wikipedia: 
The Big Hole, previously known as the Kimberley Mine Museum, is a recreated townscape and museum, with Big Hole viewing platform and other features, situated next to the Kimberley Mine ("Big Hole"). It houses a rich collection of artefacts and information from the early days of the city

With mining operations closed down in 1914, the open pit became an attraction for visitors to the city and, by the 1960s, a gathering together of relics of Kimberley's early days, including old buildings and sundry memorabilia, began to be organised into a formal museum and tourist attraction.

In 1965 De Beers appointed Basil Humphreys as museum consultant, with the museum being substantially upgraded as an open-air representation of early Kimberley, with streetscapes, dioramas and exhibits of mining technology and transport.

There was an official opening during the Kimberley centenary celebrations in 1971. One of the attractions was the Diamond Hall. The Mine Museum went through subsequent upgrades.

Between 2002 and 2005 De Beers invested R50 million in developing the Big Hole into a worldclass tourism facility, based on the idea of creating "a lasting legacy for the people of Kimberley." The new facility, the Big Hole Kimberley, and its theme of 'Diamonds and Destiny', was expected to double visitor numbers to the Big Hole
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