5-760: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum was opened on 22 June 1956 as the King George VI Art Gallery. It is located in St George's Park in Port Elizabeth , South Africa. It was renamed in December 2002 in honour of Nelson Mandela and in line with the name of the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality , of which Port Elizabeth is a part. The Art Museum consists of two buildings defining
10-676: A diving area. The complex also contains the Master Harold tearoom which was used as the setting for the apartheid era play "Master Harold"...and the Boys by Athol Fugard . The Mannville Open Air Theatre, constructed in 1971, is used as part of the annual Port Elizabeth Shakespearean Festival . The Sea Scouts facility, Sea Scouts Hall, is the former home of the 72nd Air School, a Second World War Women's Auxiliary Air Force basic training school. The Port Elizabeth Lawn Tennis Club , Prince Alfred's Guard Memorial , Pearson Conservatory and
15-600: The entrance to St George's Park which houses collections of South African art, with an emphasis on art of and from the Eastern Cape, as well as British art. There are also international printmaking and Oriental art, which include Indian miniatures and Chinese textiles. At the same time exhibiting the Permanent Collection on rotation – given the gallery's limited space – the museum maintains an active programme of temporary exhibitions of works travelling between
20-582: The major art museums of South Africa. This article about a museum in South Africa is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . St George%27s Park, Port Elizabeth St George's Park (est. 1859) is a multi-use park in Gqeberha , South Africa . The park is the oldest park in Gqeberha and most commonly associated with the St George's Oval cricket grounds located within
25-514: The park. The Port Elizabeth Bowling Green Club , the oldest lawn bowling club in South Africa, has been located in the park since its founding in 1882. The collection of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum , formerly the King George VI Art Gallery, is housed in two buildings that frame the entrance to the park. The St George's Park Swimming Baths complex comprises an Olympic sized swimming pool with
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