the temperature reaches on only 15 days per year, compared to an average of 220 days per year at Vioolsdrif, less than to the north-east. The west coast is regularly frequented by a thick fog bank rolling in from the cold ocean, a phenomenon locally known as the Malmokkie. Port Nolloth is located in the southern part of the Namib desert and on average receives about of precipitation per year. Tourism Port Nolloth Museum The Port Nolloth Museum is situated in Port Nolloth, a small town and domestic seaport located in the Namaqualand region of the Northern Cape. The building which houses the museum was built in 1880 and was only transformed into a museum in the 2000s. Showcasing the rich history and culture of Port Nolloth was the core idea of the museum as it has artifacts, photographs and relics from up to hundreds of years ago. Founder The museum was founded by Grazia de Beer who was born in Italy and moved to South Africa in her early years to attend the Springfield Convent school in Cape Town. She later went on to study a BA degree at the University of Cape Town. Upon completion, she wed Coen de Beer who was a diamond diver in Port Nolloth and moved to the town in the 1980s. Once here, she started taking an interest in Port Nolloth and conducted research on its history and collected artifacts and photographs for a period of 20 years. To make her discoveries known by the people of the town, she opened the Port Nolloth Museum. Museum relics The museum houses an eclectic collection of items including: porcelain shards from shipwrecks slave bracelets that washed up on the port of the town from a ship called antique medicine bottles that contain citronella oil and liquorice powder an antique Nama bible ostrich-shell fragments used by the Khoi and San for water containers Khoi clay pot pieces The museum also contains a large collection of photographs and artifacts from the time of copper ore shipments between 1854 and 1920. With the development of mining, the Port Nolloth harbour became a greater significance as one of two harbours used for the export of copper ore and more importantly, for the import of food and capital equipment. The museum also contains photos and artifacts of the diamond mining period. The town declined in the early 1900s but was