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For all museum related enquiries please write to:: museum AT sght DOT org

For all media and comms enquiries please write to:
media@sght.org

For more information about the South Georgia Heritage Trust please go to the SGHT website or email: info@sght.org

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South Georgia Museum,
Grytviken, South Georgia,
SIQQ 1ZZ,
via Falkland Islands,
South Atlantic

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Museum Team Blogs

March 2023 Museum Blog – On South Georgia, time has a habit of getting away from you

March 2023 Museum Blog – On South Georgia, time has a habit of getting away from you

February 2023 Museum Blog – BUSYNESS, BIRTHDAYS AND BUGS!

February 2023 Museum Blog – BUSYNESS, BIRTHDAYS AND BUGS!

January 2023 Museum Blog – Happy New Year!

January 2023 Museum Blog – Happy New Year!

December 2022 Museum Christmas Blog

December 2022 Museum Christmas Blog

November 2022 Museum Blog: Our first full month as a whole team

November 2022 Museum Blog: Our first full month as a whole team

October 2022 Museum Blog: October started with the first elephant seal pup being born on the track to Grytviken

October 2022 Museum Blog: October started with the first elephant seal pup being born on the track to Grytviken

September 2022: An early start to the museum season!

September 2022: An early start to the museum season!

Enjoy a more intimate view of South Georgia.

Enjoy a more intimate view of South Georgia.

March 2020: Leaving South Georgia

March 2020: Leaving South Georgia

February 2020: Curator Jayne and the importance of proper tea

February 2020: Curator Jayne and the importance of proper tea

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About the museum

The Museum is located in Grytviken, a former whaling station on the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia.

The collections are owned by the Government of South Georgia & the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI), a British Overseas Territory in the Southern Atlantic Ocean.

The museum is managed and operated by the charity South Georgia Heritage Trust (SGHT) which is based in Dundee, Scotland.

Read more about us here.
  • THE MUSEUM
    • The Museum
    • THE COLLECTION
      • Museum Collection Online
      • The Collection
      • Object of the month Archive
    • VISITING
  • GRYTVIKEN
    • Grytviken Interactive Map
    • Grytviken Church
    • Grytviken Cemetery
  • ONLINE EXHIBITIONS
    • Shackleton’s Last Quest
    • My Shackleton
    • Journey of the Quest crow’s nest
  • HISTORY
    • History
    • History of South Georgia
    • Ex-Whalers Oral History Project
    • Whalers Memory Bank
  • NEWS & BLOGS
  • ABOUT US
    • About Us
    • Meet the Team
    • David Nicholls Curatorial Internship
    • Our Partners
    • Contact
  • SUPPORT US

Worsley’s Almanac

This nautical almanac was used by Captain Frank Worsley in 1916 to navigate the lifeboat James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia to rescue the shipwrecked crew of Endurance.
Worsley’s Almanac This nautical almanac was used by Captain Frank Worsley in 1916 to navigate the lifeboat James Caird from Elephant Island to South Georgia to rescue the shipwrecked crew of Endurance. South Georgia Museum.2013.1
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South Georgia Museum.2013.1