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Jeffreys Bay Shell Museum
The Shell museum, located in the Center of
town, displays a huge collection of shells. This collection
was started by Charlotte Kritzinger, a local shell
collecting spinster in 1945, who pursued the hobby till her
death in the late 1960’s. Acting upon an advertisement in
the local paper the Municipality she bought the collection
and opened the old Shell museum in the library in the
1970’s. In 1986 a curatrixes was appointed and the
collection received further boost with the addition of 350
species of mostly deepwater and rare Shells.
Jeffreys Bay Surf Museum
The need to create a surf museum in
Jeffreys Bay was for many reasons. Essentially, Jeffreys Bay
is one of the top ten surfing destinations in the world, so
to have a surf museum in this typically surf driven town was
always a must. The museum is also about remembering the
history of surfing and paying tribute to the many surfing
pioneers and legends that have developed the sport over a
span of several years. This is not only about the people and
personalities but also about the evolution of the actual
surfboard from wooden boards to the ultra light foam and
glass fiber surfboards that exist today. Walking through the
museum immediately makes one aware of that special magic
which exists between the surfer and the ocean, the
realization that only a surfer truly knows the feeling. |
