[1] Activities include traditional bread making and butter churning and presentations of "Voorlaaier", Afrikaans for "Front-loading" musket, firing and reloading.

[2] The main tour of the museum follows the history of the 1848 House and the people who inhabited the original farm called "Hartebeestpoort".

[2] The fittingly named 1848 House is the main building of the complex and was built in 1848 by early Voortrekker pioneers using traditional methods, it is the oldest man made structure still standing in the city of Pretoria.

"[1] The Cape Colony farmer David Botha, was the first to settle on the farm Hartebeespoort in 1846 and two years later he built the current main house.

The property served the purpose of halfway station for many years with several coach-houses and stables catering to the needs of travelers.