Name: Port Natal Maritime Museum
Address: Samora Machel St, Durban Central, Durban, 4001, South Africa, ZA
Telephone: +27 31 322 9598

Port Natal Maritime Museum is a museum, located at Samora Machel St, Durban Central, Durban, 4001, South Africa. They can be contacted via phone at +27 31 322 9598, visit their website www.durban.gov.za for more detailed information.

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Samora Machel St, Durban Central, Durban, 4001

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Added by Jopie, at 17 January 2017

Monday 8:30 AM – 3:45 PM
Tuesday 8:30 AM – 3:45 PM
Wednesday 8:30 AM – 3:45 PM
Thursday 8:30 AM – 3:45 PM
Friday 8:30 AM – 3:45 PM
Saturday 8:30 AM – 3:45 PM
Sunday 11:00 AM – 3:45 PM

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Anonymous

21 March 2018

Interesting artifacts and historical items relating to durban maritime history.
Anonymous

11 February 2018

A beautiful museum by Durban's harbour.
The museum allows us to view our history as South Africans.Its a great experience if you haven't been inside a ship.The entry fee is ridiculously cheap for what you will experience :)
Anonymous

03 February 2018

Getting tired and not helped by lack of funding. Understand that there is a small group of enthusiasts that are trying to do some restoration but maybe too little too late. Nevertheless the grandchildren enjoyed the time climbing in out and over the boats.
Anonymous

27 January 2018

Great place to bring kids and adults. Lots of old maritime equipment and it's kind of cool walking in an old ship.
Anonymous

23 January 2018

The guys are very friendly and there's great monumental heritage sites at the museum. If anyone loves Whales and historical learning you can enjoy the tour around the area.
Anonymous

22 November 2017

This place brings back memories from my childhood, although the boats are a little run down, there are signs that a restoration project is taking place. The actual place has museum facilities where you can read up on the history of maritime exploration and you able to explore two boats, a tugboat called the JR Moore and a old naval minesweeper the SAS Durban.
Anonymous

12 November 2017

Interesting place. Good insight to the history of Durban. Entrance fee of R10, snacks(chips and are available from the ticket office.
Anonymous

12 November 2017

lovely day out with two year old! highly pregnant but i could still navigate the vessels safely.
Anonymous

07 October 2017

Had fun, very interesting. They need funds and volunteers to restore the vessels. Please support them!
Anonymous

01 October 2017

Very interesting place with 3 medium ships which are not in use, entry is 10 rand and parking is free, if you pay 25 rand you can have inside parking.
Anonymous

01 July 2017

Free entertainment. Great tour guide and good work out being in a real life navy and pirate ship. Nice lil take way as well. Great view perfect place to get a good view of durban harbour.
Anonymous

19 June 2017

I go here often, It has three ships to explore, two of which are one the water. There is also a small museum with model boats.

Climbing the ladders into the engine rooms is most fun with children.
Anonymous

07 May 2017

Port Natal is a small yet interesting maritime museum and well worth the R10 entrance fee charged.
Just beware however that the steam tug on tressles has deteriorated to the point of being unsafe to the general public.The deck is badly corroded in places with lots of rusty edges and huge holes in the deck big enough for a child to fall through. They have tried to cover these up with plywood sheets but as they are not secured to the deck they are easily moved.
This vessel needs to be cordened off and restored to its former glory before somebody gets hurt.
Thankfully the other two floating vessels on display are in much better condition.

The corrugated iron building contains some beautifully detailed models of marine vessels from the past right up to modern tankers as well as other items on display.

Go for a visit . Just watch your step
Anonymous

28 April 2017

It had a very friendly and helpful guide, which I think wasn't the case in the past. The kids loved going into all the rooms, and playing with the Canon guns and rudder.
Anonymous

24 January 2017

It has two tugs and a mine sweeper that you can explore. The kids love all the ladders and clambering up and down. They are trying to restore some of the ships, but this is tough work against the ravages of time. View of the harbour from the mine sweeper is great. The tin house that is part of the museum (not the one that you get your tickets from) has some interesting history on Durban but is often overlooked.