South Georgia Museum

About Us

The Museum is located in Grytviken on the sub-Antarctic of South Georgia. The territory government (GSGSSI) has responsibility for the operational buildings and infrastructure associated with the museum and owns the museum collection. SGHT manages the museum.

Visiting

Options for a visit to South Georgia are varied. For most it would be on a cruise ship. Vessels make about 60 visits to the island each year.

History

The museum was established by Nigel Bonner in 1991 as a whaling museum. Its scope now embraces all the main areas of island’s history

Latest News

The museum staff keep blogs during the season. See the latest new here and look through all the previous blogs back to 2007.

Inside the Museum

Museum Virtual Tour

3D virtual tour of Grytviken and the Museum made in 2014 Rolf Stange and hosted on https://www.antarctic.eu many thanks to

Inside the Museum Shop

Time lapse video taken inside the museum shop

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Museum Collections