Walter Battiss Art Museum

Loved our visit to the Walter Battiss Museum

We highly recommend a visit to The Walter Battiss Museum. He was such a creative artist and interesting person. Ros is extremely knowledgeable and helpful and a very welcoming host. We spent almost 3 ...

A true gem of an Art Museum

Somerset East Somerset East is one of the busier Karoo towns. There is a sense of life and growth. The imposing Boschberg mountains loom overhead and serve as a constant reminder of how tiny we are....

Walter Batiss museum

We were greeted by a very warm friendly curator, watched a wonderful film on some of Walter's life. We then saw an excellent collection of his works on 2 floors of what was the family hotel. This mus...

Excellent tribute to one of South Africa’s greatest artists

The museum has a nominal entrance fee and contains a great selection of Walter Battiss’s art, including some work from other artists that he owned. An interesting video is played at the start of the m...

An interesting insight into one of South Africa’s famous sons

Definitely worth spending a couple of hours in this place. There is a 40 min video which is worth watching for the insight it provides but for more in depth detail, the lady running the places is a mi...