Kalahari Museum & Info Centre
Kalahari pioneer history in photographs, inside the Diamond T shop in Askham
Above: The Diamond T building on Main Street in Askham, which now houses the Kalahari Museum. Photographed in 2015, before the museum moved in. Photograph: South African Tourism, CC BY 2.0.
Not a member. A stop
The Kalahari Museum opened during 2026 inside the Diamond T building on Main Street in Askham, and Retha Stadler of the Red Dune Route runs it herself. It is Kalahari pioneer history, and from what the people who have been say, it is substantially a collection of historical photographs of how a life was made out here in the early 1900s. The association's own post about the opening thanks two farmers who put it together and gave it to the district.
It is the same building as Diamond T Coffee Shop, so the museum and something to eat are one stop. This is also why it is not anywhere on the association's older website: it did not exist yet.
Kom besoek gerus die Kalahari Museum in Askham langs DiamondT Koffiewinkel en sien hoe die Pioniers van die vroëe 1900s 'n lewe gemaak het in die Kalahari.
the Askham Kalahari community page
Baie geskiedenis vasgevang op fotos in die Kalahari Museum op Askham.
a visitor, August 2026
- What it is
- A museum of Kalahari pioneer history
- Where
- Inside Diamond T, Main Street, Askham
- Opened
- 2026
- Who to ask
- Retha Stadler, who runs it
This is not one of the thirty-nine members you can book a night with. It is a stop on the road, on the association's own printed map, and nothing on this page is booked through us.
Every caption says whose it is and what it shows
The other stops, and the nearest member
Chayah Wildlife Rehabilitation
A registered meerkat rescue on a farm outside Askham, and they do welcome visitors
My Kalahari
A Kalahari clothing, leather and lifestyle range, made by the family who host Ratelpan
Askham Trading Post
The general dealer in Askham, and the last shop of its kind before the park gate
exists
Agri Mark Fuel/Gas Supplies
Gas, farm supplies and a fill-up in Askham, open from six in the morning, seven days
exists
Khomani San
A walk with San trackers into older knowledge, booked through the community's own office
Diamond T Coffee Shop
The only coffee shop in Askham, and everything in it is home-baked