Caledon Museum
Caledon Museum, in the town of Caledon, Western Cape, Caledon, Western Cape, South African Republic, South Africa, is a social history museum displaying and collecting around the themes ''The Victorian Period in Caledon'' and ''The History of People Living in Caledon''. It gets financial support from the province of Western Cape. History Establishment Local interest in the creation of a museum for the town resulted in the founding of the “Caledon Museumvereniging” (Caledon Museum Association) on 5 May 1970. Committees were formed for fund raising and item collecting, and a constitution was adopted. The management committee of the Association consulted with Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Mary Alexander Cook, Dr Mary Cook, at that time the curator of the Wikipedia:WikiAfrica/Stubs/Drostdy Museum, South Africa, Drostdy Museum in Swellendam. She advised that they concentrate their collecting efforts on the Victorian era, as no other museum in the area was focused on that period, an ...
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Caledon, Western Cape
Caledon is a town in the Overberg region in the Western Cape province of South Africa, located about east of Cape Town next to mineral-rich hot springs. it had a population of 13,020. It is located in, and the seat of, the Theewaterskloof Local Municipality. The town continues to be inhabited by Khoikhoi communities who, before the arrival of colonizing forces, were the wealthiest on this land. Caledon is situated on the N2 national route, by road from central Cape Town. At Caledon the N2 is met by the R316 from Arniston and Bredasdorp, and the R320 from Hermanus. It is also located on the Overberg branch railway line, by rail from Cape Town station. The Caledon district is primarily an agricultural region. Most agricultural activities involve grain production with a certain amount of stock farming. The town is locally well known for the Caledon Spa and Casino and for its rolling hills and yellow canola fields in spring. The town has a Mediterranean climate of warm, dr ...
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Caledon Museum, 11 Constitution Street
Caledon can refer to: South Africa * Caledon, Western Cape, a town in South Africa * Caledon River in South Africa Elsewhere * Caledon, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland * Caledon, Ontario in Canada * Caledon Bay in Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory of Australia * Caledon Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, a place in Scotland Other * Caledon, an alternate name of the Mandora, a musical instrument See also * Calydon, an ancient Greek city * ''Calydon'' (genus), a genus of beetles * Caledonia Caledonia (; ) was the Latin name used by the Roman Empire to refer to the part of Great Britain () that lies north of the River Forth, which includes most of the land area of Scotland. Today, it is used as a romantic or poetic name for all ...

The Exhibition Room, Caledon Museum
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