South Georgia Museum

The idea of a museum in South Georgia came from the Governor of the Falkland Islands William Fullerton. The old Manager's house was refurbished ready to house the more perishable items. Tim and Pauline Carr arrived on the island in the early 1990s and have looked after the museum and shop ever since. The rooms in the museum are themed. Just inside the door there is an exhibition case with carving implements, whale's teeth and a whale catcher in a bottle. There is the Larsen Room which is the history of Captain Larsen's progress in the early whaling days, another room is set up with original furniture as the accommodation would have been for the men. There is a room dedicated to diving equipment used in South Georgia and another with rigger's equipment. There are many various items to be seen such as the old cinema projector, a very illegal still and an early radar set.