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News coverage on South Georgia Museum full reopening

News coverage of the full reopening of the South Georgia Museum. The Museum is fully open and offering all its services for the first time since its early closure during 2019-20 season!

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News coverage of the full reopening of the South Georgia Museum. The Museum is fully open and offering all its services for the first time since its early closure during 2019-20 season!

  • Read the article about our reopening on the SGHT website.
  • The museum team have just featured on this super, short (1 m 45s), feature on TV news in Scotland. We love it…have a quick watch…Click here to view.

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