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Gallery: Nieu Bethesda’s Owl House

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  1. A photograph taken by Stewart Lund in 1974, two years before Helen Martins's death, from the Sue Ross archive.
  2. A recent photograph by Huldah van Wyk showing the restoration work.
  3. Some of the restoration work completed on a sculpture during the Owl House restoration.
  4. Some of the restoration work completed on a sculpture during the Owl House restoration.
  5. Mouse shown in enamel paint (photograph taken in 1975 by Jean Goosen, from the Sue Ross archive).

Gallery: Nieu Bethesda’s Owl House

 

Each year, thousands of visitors flock to the tiny hamlet of Nieu Bethesda, which is situated off the N9 outside the Eastern Cape town of Graaff-Reinet. These folks visit Nieu Bethesda primarily to see the magical Owl House, injecting vitality into an otherwise stagnant economy, and many of the hamlet’s businesses and individuals rely on the income tourists bring.

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