THE OATES MUSEUM                                
The Oates Museum exhibits focus on the lives and adventures of Captain Lawrence Oates and his uncle Frank. The Lawrence Oates gallery explains the life and tragic death of the soldier and explorer. Captain Scott's 1911 Tera Nova expedition, and Oates's part in it, is brought to life using some of Ponting's photographs and the exhibition's film 90deg South. Of outstanding interest, are a set of the original polar clothing and one of the large wooden sledges man-hauled by the team members.


In the room commemorating Frank, after details of his early life, there is a stunning display of Central American birds. His fateful journey to Africa is explained with displays of various artefacts and specimens he collected during his trek from Durban, through Natal, Transvaal and finally to Matebeleland and the Victoria Falls. There is also a small display about the 1984 expedition "In the Footsteps of Scott". Led by Robert Swan, this was the first since 1911 to undertake the journey to the South Pole on foot.