The recreated buildings of this living little farm museum which opened in 1981, portray the lifestyle of the early Cape pioneer farmer. Each one houses a particular home industry activity that was practised between 1690 and 1900. Here, visitors can watch cows being milked, whole-wheat bread and traditional milk tart being baked in an outdoor oven and the making of tallow candles and soap. At times the museum hosts seasonal activities such as wheat threshing and winnowing, grape treading and the distilling of withlits – a potent homemade brandy.

In this museum a harness room is a replica of an 1816 coach house, stable and harness room. The tanning of skins took place here, too. Labourer’s Cottage housed labourers and their families. These cottages were simply furnished and thatched with rye straw, one-roomed dwellings.