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Gold of Africa Museum

The Gold of Africa Museum houses thousands of years of legend, ritual and craftsmanship displayed in the world’s most comprehensive collection of surviving artefacts from the gold-rich kingdoms of ...more »

Location: Cape Town City
Type: Museums
Tel: +27 (0)21 405 1540

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Planeterium

The Planetarium, is located the South African Museum. The night sky is projected onto the domed ceiling and shows the audience the wonders of outer space from a comfortable armchair. ...more »

Location: Cape Town City
Type: Museums
Tel: +27 (0)21 481 3900

Bo-Kaap Museum

Bo-Kaap is the area which freed slaves were granted after the abolition of slavery. The Bo-Kaap Museum showcases a 19th-century Muslim family home. It houses exhibitions about life in the Bo-Kaap ...more »

Location: Bo-Kaap
Type: Museums
Tel: +27 (0)21 481 3939

South African Museum

The South African Museum was established by Lord Charles Somerset in 1825 and continues to provide visitors with a better understanding of our natural environment and our cultural diversity. ...more »

Location: Gardens
Type: Museums
Tel: +27 (0)21 481 3800

District Six Museum

District Six was established in 1867. It became a cultural melting pot filled with lively activities until it was declared a Whites only area. The people living in it were forced out and their houses ...more »

Location: Cape Town City
Type: Museums
Tel: +27(0)21 466 7200

SA National Gallery

Cape Town's leading art museum is home to collections of South African, African, British, French, Dutch and Flemish art. Exhibitions include paintings, works on paper, photography, sculpture ...more »

Location: Cape Town City
Type: Gallery
Tel: +27 (0)21 467 4660

Robben Island Museum

Robben Island is an island 12km out of Table Bay. Robben Island literally means ‘island of seals.’ The island has a rich history originally being inhabited by cavemen in a time when the sea level was ...more »

Location: V and A Waterfront
Type: Museums
Tel: +27 (0)21 413 4200

SA Jewish Museum

Cape Town's oldest Synagogue connects to the Jewish Museum which exhibits life for South Africa's Jewish population and the Cape Town Holocaust Centre. ...more »

Location: Cape Town City
Type: Museums
Tel: +27 (0)21 465 1546

Castle of Good Hope

The Castle of Good Hope was built by the Dutch shortly after Jan van Riebeeck arrived in the Cape and was completed in 1666. It was used as a base for the Dutch East India Company. Today the Castle ...more »

Location: Cape Town City
Type: Museums
Tel: +27 (0)21 787 1260

Our Local Experts say:

Cape Town is a city steeped in history, and as such many of her museums focus on the city and the country's political past. But there are now art museums, natural history museums, and everything in between, to please all visitors to Cape Town.

With a range of museums dotted throughout Cape Town, there's almost always a museum just a short drive or walk away. Apart from the famous Robben Island Museum, there are also various establishments located in the Company's Gardens, including the popular art and natural history museums, which host regular world-class exhibitions.