Press Releases


Shared Legacies on Display

The museum will on 21 May 2010 open the Shared Legacies Exhibition. To find more about this exhibition, please visit our blog.


Mandela and Luthuli Legacies exhibited

Mandela and Luthuli's exhibition, Making Peace, opens on 21 September 2009 at Albany History Museum in Somerset Street, Grahamstown. More

Museum celebrates women directors

On Women's Day, 09 August 2009, the Museum will celebrate the contributions of Ms M. Glanville 1882 to 1888, and Dr Lita Webley, 1999 - 2008. More

67 Minutes for Mandela

The Museum will spend 67 minutes on Manleys Flats and Wilson's Party Farm Schools outside Grahamstown on the 24 July 2009 in honour of our former State President Nelson Mandela's MANDELA DAY.... More

Exhibition space for Hire

Need a space to exhibit your art work during the festival, now or in future? More...

Tales of Two Cathedrals told

The Albany History Museum will be hosting the "Tales of Two Cathedrals"More... 

Rotary Foundation donates Mobile Bus

The Education Department's Mobile Museum has been boosted after Rotary Foundation donated a new panel van. More...

Museum dishes umngqusho and other traditional meals

The Education Department completed another successful focus week on traditional meals. More...

Museum share learning experience

Janique Peters, a Grade 11 learner from Hoërskool P J Olivier joins the Museum to gain work experience. More...

From Timbuktu to Makana

Museum exhibits the famous Timbuktu Script & Scholarship from the holdings of the Ahmed Baba Institute (IHERI-AB) in Timbuktu, Mali. More...

Thobela's Story performed

The Walking Tall Education Project will be presenting a performance of Thobela's Story at the Albany Museum in the Rennie Room at 15H30 on Wednesday, 30 June 2008. More...

Museum gets new Manager

Museum welcomes new Manager ... exhibition from the 16 February to the 14 March 2009. More

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