Heart of Cape Town Museum
The Heart of Cape Town Museum preserves the story of the world’s first successful human-to-human heart transplant, performed at Groote Schuur Hospital on 3 December 1967 by a large medical team led by Professor Christiaan Barnard. Guided tours lead visitors through the original operating theatres and adjoining hospital spaces where the landmark procedure unfolded. Recreated […]
Cape Town Diamond Museum
The Cape Town Diamond Museum explores South Africa’s diamond heritage, from the country’s early discoveries to the craftsmanship that transforms rough stones into finished jewellery. Located in the Clock Tower precinct at the V&A Waterfront, it combines history, geology and guided interpretation. Exhibits explain how diamonds form, how stones are identified and graded, and how […]
Slave Lodge
The Slave Lodge is one of South Africa’s oldest surviving buildings and one of Cape Town’s most significant historical museums. Built in 1679 by the Dutch East India Company, it originally housed enslaved men, women and children brought to the Cape from East Africa, Madagascar, India, Indonesia and other parts of Asia. Thousands of enslaved […]
District Six Museum
The District Six Museum occupies the former Methodist church at 25A Buitenkant Street, on the edge of the ground that District Six once covered. It grew out of the Hands Off District Six campaign of 1988 and the District Six Museum Foundation formed the following year, and it opened on 10 December 1994 with an […]
Iziko Planetarium and Digital Dome
The Iziko Planetarium and Digital Dome is described by Iziko as the most advanced digital planetarium on the African continent. It is a full dome theatre that puts 360 degree imagery overhead, used for public astronomy shows, for art and film projects, and for scientific data visualisation. Shows run to the official programme rather than […]
Iziko South African National Gallery
The Iziko South African National Gallery is the country’s national art museum, set on Government Avenue in the Company’s Garden. Its programme moves between historical and contemporary South African art alongside international work, and the displays change through the year rather than sitting as one fixed collection. The gallery is a few minutes’ walk from […]
Iziko South African Museum
Founded in 1825 and set among the oaks of the Company’s Garden, the Iziko South African Museum is one of the oldest museums in Africa. Its collection runs to more than one and a half million specimens of scientific importance, ranging from fossils and ancient insects to historical tools, and the galleries move between natural […]
!Khwa ttu San Heritage Centre
South Africa’s living San heritage !Khwa ttu San Heritage Centre is one of South Africa’s most important cultural attractions, dedicated to preserving and sharing the rich heritage, traditions and knowledge of the San people, the first inhabitants of Southern Africa. Around 70 km north of Cape Town on the R27 West Coast Road, the centre […]
Bo-Kaap
Bo-Kaap is one of Cape Town’s oldest residential neighbourhoods, rising up the slopes of Signal Hill on the edge of the city centre. It is best known for its steep cobbled streets lined with brightly painted homes, but its real significance lies in its history as a heartland of Cape Muslim and Cape Malay culture. […]