South Africa Guide
KwaZulu-Natal
Old Courthouse Museum
Opening time: Mon– Sat 8.30am–4pm, Sun 11am–4pm
Price: Free
Address: Aliwal Street
The Old Courthouse Museum was Durban's first two-storey building, erected in 1866 in the Natal Veranda style, characterized by wide eaves to throw off heavy subtropical downpours. Housed here in a somewhat austere atmosphere is a reconstruction of Henry Francis Fynn's wattle-and-daub cottage, Durban's first European structure.