Pellissier House Museum
Postal address: PO Box 87
Bethulie
9992
| Street address: 1 Voortrekker Street |
City: Bethulie Province: Eastern Cape Postal code: 9992 Country: South Africa
Phone: 051 762 25 Fax: 051 762 2
Description
This Pellissier museum was erected as the residence of the reverend J.P.Pellisier, the French missionary of the Paris Mission Organisation. The lifestyle of the period can be appreciated by visitors. Household items as well as clothes, vehicles, furniture documents and a photo gallery are on display here.
The Pellissier House Museum, named after the first French missionary in Bethulie, houses an exhibition on the missionaries who worked here and on the history of the region.
This mission building is the oldest settler built building still standing in the Free State.
The Museum was inorgurated on 20 July 1979.
(Source: bethulie.za.net)
Category: Museum Keywords: Culture; History
Ref ID: 50
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