South Georgia Museum

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South Georgia Museum

South Georgia and
the South Sandwich Islands

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South Georgia Heritage Trust
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The South Georgia Museum, Grytviken
Location: 54°16’54"S, 36°30’28"W
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Website: sgmuseum.gs

The South Georgia Museum stands in Grytviken on South Georgia, the chief settlement of the territory, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The museum occupies the renovated and converted manager's villa built in 1916, and used as a residence for the manager of the Grytviken whaling base and his family, until the base closed in 1964. The South Georgia Museum was established in 1991 as a specialised whaling museum, subsequently expanding its expositions to include all aspects of the discovery of the island, sealing industry, maritime and natural history, as well as the 1982 Falklands War.

The museum has become a popular tourist venue, visited by cruise ship or yacht tourists. For several years Tim and Pauline Carr served as museum curators, living on board their yacht Curlew moored in the Grytviken port. The museum is now managed by the South Georgia Heritage Trust.

The museum displays include a bronze bust of Duncan Carse by British sculptor Jon Edgar. Carse was influential in the mapping of South Georgia and the island's Mount Carse is named after him.

Bronze portrait bust of Sir Ernest Shackleton at the South Georgia Museum

An occasional artist-in-residence position is supported by the museum. Previous artists to have been resident at the museum include the British sculptor Anthony Smith, who in November 2017 delivered a life-sized bronze portrait bust of Sir Ernest Shackleton to the Museum, which is now on permanent display.[1][2]

The museum’s collection can be viewed online.[3]

See also

Outside links

References

  • Carr, Tim and Pauline: Antarctic Oasis: Under the Spell of South Georgia. New York & London: W.W. Norton & Co., 1998.
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