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The South Georgia Museum

Type:	Museum
Website:	www.sgmuseum.gs
Contact name:	Jayne Pierce
Address:	Grytviken, South Georgia, via Falkland Island, South Atlantic
E-mail:	museum@sght.org
Open to the public? / Opening hours:	Open during the Antarctic summer season October-March
Year of foundation:	1992
Activities:	Tours of the Museum and Grytviken whaling station.
Collections:	The former manager's villa at the Grytviken whaling station has been converted into a museum. Displays include: whaling and sealing, discovery and exploration, natural history, government, military history - including the war in 1982, social history, maritime history and Sir Ernest Shackleton, who is buried at Grytviken.
Publications:	The South Georgia Museum. The Maritime History of South Georgia. A Field Guide to the Wildlife of South Georgia. Shackleton at South Georgia. A Field Guide to the Flora of South Georgia
Notes:	The South Georgia Museum is managed by the South Georgia Heritage Trust on behalf of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.