Amathole Museum
Museum in King William'S Town

Amathole Museum is the most prominent tourist attraction in King William's Town. Amathole Museum's history collection is a rich repository of local material. The museum's Xhosa gallery focuses on sociological changes during the 19th and 20th centuries.The gallery also includes E.M Sontonga the composer of the South African National anthem, Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika. Amathole Museum's Shortridge mammals collection is the third largest in Southern Africa.The museum's anthropology collection consists mainly of Xhosa but includes San and other African material. Amathole Museum is the home of Huberta the famous wondering hippo which spent over 2 years travelling nearly1000 Kilometres from KZN to EC where she was needlessly shot in April 1931.  Amathole Museum has an international reputation and houses important material and collections with great scientific, historical and anthropological value to researchers. German settler history in the Eastern Cape is well covered b.