A museum has been housed in the old Mission House in Hermannsburg, South Africa, on the grounds of the Deutsche Schule Hermannsburg since 1981. Originally only the rear half of the house was utilized by the museum, but in 1992 the museum was expanded to use the entire building.

The old Mission House :

The old Mission House was erected in 1854 by missionaries and colonists from the Hermannsburg Missionary Society in Germany shortly after their arrival on the farm Perseverance. It was constructed of air-dried bricks. The house originally contained 16 bedrooms and 8 living rooms: each missionary and each colonist was to have his own bedroom, while always two men were to share a living room. Two larger rooms in the middle of the house were used as dining- and conference room, and as the chapel, respectively.

The Kitchen :

The oldest building in Hermannsburg is the old kitchen, a small building hidden behind the old Mission House. Originally it accommodated all of the 16 inhabitants of Hermannsburg but when they moved into the big house, it was turned into the kitchen. Over the years the building was used as a storage shed and as a smoking-chamber and became quite dilapidated. It has now been restored and is one of the 15 oldest buildings in KwaZulu- Natal, still of its original construction.