A night at the Talana Museum
Each year on the weekend closest to the anniversary of the Battle of Talana, the museum organises a weekend of events to “bring history alive”.
How brave are you? Brave enough to find out if the ghosts of Talana really do walk after dark?
What is the true story of the two British soldiers who stand outside the Smith cottage?
Will you stand in the gap of the wall where Lieutenants Taylor and Pechell were killed? Or are they there with you already?
Will you see the figure of a woman in white holding a candle at the window of the Smith cottage?
Walk around the Talana Museum in the dark hours of Friday, October 17. If you feel sudden extreme cold you will have walked through a ghost! We dare you to find out what happens in the museum after dark, and particularly on the anniversary of the battle when the ghosts of the dead soldiers haunt the battlefield.
Each year on the weekend closest to the anniversary of the Battle of Talana, the museum organises a weekend of events to “bring history alive”. Learn about the battle of 20 October 1899 – the first formal battle between the Boers and British in the Second Anglo Boer War.
Did you know that it was raining early on that Friday morning and the first two Boer shells landed in the middle of the British camp but did not explode – because they got buried in the mud?
Come and hear the full story and much more at the Talana Live weekend. Learn about historical events in an interesting and different way.
For details of the weekend’s programme and how to book your tickets, visit www: talanamuseum.co.za or facebook.com/talanamuseum
