Witness History
Witness History
The museum at the end of the world
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March 2, 2023
9 minutes
Available for over a year
In 1992, the late zoologist Nigel Bonner opened one of the world's most remote museums, the South Georgia Whaling Museum, on South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory in the South Atlantic.
Despite its isolated location, 1,400km east of the Falkland Islands, it remains open today and gets around 15,000 visitors a year.
Rachel Naylor speaks to Jan Cheek, a friend of the founder and former trustee of the museum.
(Photo: South Georgia Museum. Credit: Richard Hall for SGHT)