Kruithuise national monument

The V.O.C ktuithuis was built by Phillip Hartog and Lambert Fick and was completed on the 5th of March 1777 the building was originally used to store the town's fire arms,cannons and ammunition in case of an attack on Stellenbosch. But no shot has ever been fired on stellenbosch during its 300 years existance. The building was later the site for Friday market. In 1936 the Stellenbosch Municipality restored the building and in 1940 it was declare a National Monuments.The building was first open to the public in 1940 as an African Museum. In 1972 the Stellenbosch Museum took over the building from the Municipality to display the museum collection of Fire arms,cannons and Mili uniforms.