On display are copies and originals of Hart's letters, plays, speeches and poetry, as well as his spectacles, pith helmet and fiddle. One speech, on love and marriage, was delivered at the Curepipe Hotel in November 1914, for the benefit of English and French war victims. Entry is free. On the road from Tamarin to Grande Riviere Noire at La Preneuse, the Shelloramma Museum boasts the biggest private collection of shells in the Indian Ocean. The museum is open Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and on Saturday from 9am to 1pm.
Entry is free.
Euruka House Museum Eureka House at Moka is an independent museum featuring antiques, furniture old lithographs and other objects from private collection. There is also public museum with collections of natural history, naval, historical and literary items, which came under the aegis of the Mauritius Institute. This was set up in 1880 to establish and incorporate a Public Institute, a Public Museum and a public Library, for the purpose of promoting the general study and cultivation of the various branches and department of Art, sciences, Literature and Philosophy and for the instruction and recreation of the people. The Institute has now grown into a complex that includes a natural History Museum, Historical Museum and a public Library. The ministry of Education runs it, Art and Culture with the help of an Advisory Council.