CC BY 2.0, dronepicr (Flickr), Wikimedia CommonsLandmark· Curieuse· Seychelles
Doctor's House Museum (Curieuse)
4° 17.4′ S · 55° 43.3′ E · approximate
The colonial residence built in 1873 by Dr William MacGregor, medical officer to the leper colony, standing beside the leprosarium ruins at Anse José; it has served as a national museum and education and information centre.
Practical
SPGA's Curieuse page states the house is currently closed for renovation — check with the rangers before walking over just for the museum; the building and grounds are still worth seeing from outside. Land at Anse José or walk the mangrove boardwalk from Baie Laraie. Coordinate approx: read off the SPGA/park signboard map of Curieuse (Wikimedia Commons CurieuseMap.jpg, 1 km scale bar) georeferenced to geotagged Commons photos at Anse Papaie and the mangrove boardwalk; expect +/-150 m.
Best for
Island history at the end of the mangrove walk
Nearby
- Curieuse beach barbecue spotRight here
- Anse José (Curieuse) anchorage0.1 NM away
- Leper Colony Ruins (Curieuse)0.1 NM away
- Curieuse reef snorkel (Anse José and Coral Gardens)0.2 NM away
- Anse Boudin Anchorage0.3 NM away
- Curieuse turtle pond / old barrier wall0.3 NM away
- Curieuse mangrove boardwalk trail (Baie Laraie to Anse José)0.5 NM away
- Curieuse marine park rules and restricted zone0.5 NM away