Museums in Cape Town

Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre

Cape Town Science Centre

Children's science museum with interactive displays such as a human gyroscope, plus a planetarium.

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa

Innovative exhibits & installations by African artists showcased in a redesigned grain silo.

Norval Foundation Art Museum

Museum specializing in 20th- & 21st-century South African visual art, with a restaurant & views.

South African Naval Museum

Motorcycle Museum Helderberg

South African National Gallery

South Africa's top international art collection, with South African, African & European works.

Museum of Dogs

Assegaai Submarine Museum

Iziko Bo-Kaap Museum

Exhibits highlighting the lifestyle & cultural contributions of 19th-century Muslims.

South African Jewish Museum

Polished venue presenting artifacts & displays documenting Judaism & Jewish life in South Africa.

Iziko Slave Lodge

Historic building with exhibits on South African slavery, ceramics, silverware & ancient Egypt.

District Six Museum

Museum tracing the 1970s forced clearance of 60,000 residents & demolition of homes under apartheid.

Robben Island Museum

Guided tours of the island's prison including lime quarry where prisoners labored & Mandela's cell.

Cape Town Diamond Museum

This modern museum features exhibits exploring the science & history behind diamonds.

Groot Constantia Museum

Museum of Illusions Cape Town

Heart of Cape Town Museum

Replica surgery rooms depicting the world's first heart transplant, performed here in 1967.

Friends of the SAAF museum, Ysterplaat

Iziko South African Museum

Natural history & science museum, founded in 1825, with fossils, animals, human tools & clothing.