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Cape Towns Museums The South African Museum The oldest museum in sub-Saharan Africa,?it was established in 1825. It includes the modern and spectacular Whale Well, the only example of a quagga foal, the famous Lydenburg Heads and Linton rock paintings, the highly acclaimed Wonders of Nature exhibition, and a great diversity of natural history. 25 Queen Victoria Street The South African Cultural History Museum The oldest cultural history collection in the country, is housed in a magnificent old building to which modern facilities have been added. It showcases the natural history of South Africa, as well as the early human inhabitants of the subcontinent. The collection is noted particularly for its artefacts of Khoisan rock art and its exhibition on the Khoi people. Specialist collections include philately, numismatics, weapons, costume, musical instruments and decorative arts. It has the only collection of postal stones in the world and is the only museum in South Africa with a planetarium attached to it. Bertram House Bertram House, a Georgian house museum, is furnished in the style of a wealthy British residence in early 19th Century Cape Town. Exhibits include superb collections of furniture, porcelain and silver. The period garden is a delight. Government Avenue, Cape Town The Bo-Kaap Museum The influence and intermingling of Eastern and Western cultures brought by slaves, early political exiles and prisoners from the Dutch East Indies in the 17th Century, is evident in the Bo-Kaap Museum, a 1760 house furnished in the style of a 19th Century Muslim home. The Cape Medical Museum Early Cape medical history continues to live in the Cape Medical Museum, housed in the former residence of the superintendent of the defunct city hospital. It is an intriguing cultural heritage. The District Six Museum The District Six Museum, housed in what was once the old Methodist Church, between the outskirts of the city centre, Buitenkant Street, and the barren wasteland of District Six, is a fascinating, constantly changing living memorial to the community of this once vibrant Cape Town suburb which was forcibly removed under apartheid. More than just a static display, it is an arena which enables the community to reaffirm its identity, celebrate its heritage, and confront the complexities of its history. Gold of Africa Museum The recently opened Gold of Africa Museum, is housed in the beautifully restored Martin Melck House, built in 1781 as a parsonage for the Old Lutherann Church next door. It consists of the Barbier-Mueller collection, brought back to Africa at considerable cost from the private museum in Geneva. It documents the timeline of the world and of gold, describes the trade and history of gold in Africa, and showcases gold objects recovered from grave sites at Mapungubwe Hill and Thlamela. The exhibit has more than 350 West African gold artifacts. Groot Constantia Groot Constantia, South Africa's oldest producing wine estate, is home to the grand manor house instantly recognizable as the best-known example of Cape Dutch architecture. The museum collection depicts the heyday of wealthy lifestyles at the end of the 18th Century. The Cape Town Holocaust Centre The exhibition at the Cape Town Holocaust Centre comprises text and photo panels, archival documents and film footage, multi-media displays, artefacts, and recreated environments. Among the themes covered are racism and discrimination, the Third Reich, ghettos, The Final Solution, deportation and the death camps, Rhodes Island, rescue, resistance and liberation. In the final, and very moving, section, which includes a portrait gallery, local survivors give their testimony. The Koopmans De Wet House The Koopmans De Wet House, 19th Century home of the socially and politically prominent Marie Koopmans De Wet, was once the cultural salon of Cape Town. It contains a valuable collection of Cape furniture, Eastern ceramics and Dutch Delftware. The vine in the courtyard is reputed to be one of the oldest in the country. The period murals are an outstanding feature of the interior. The South African Jewish Museum The South African Jewish Museum explores the social, intellectual and cultural contributions made by South Africa's Jewish community. Multi-media displays explore the themes of memory, reality and dreams. The Josephine Mill The superbly restored Josephine Mill is Cape Town's only surviving and operational watermill. Built in 1840 it stands in an idyllic setting on the banks of the Liesbeek River, a reminder of four centuries of human activity on the site. The Castle of Good Hope The military history of the Cape from 1510 is on show at the ancient Castle of Good Hope Military Museum. Also at the Castle is the William Fehr Collection, a superb collection of furniture, paintings, ceramics and silver which exemplifies the Cape of Good Hope as a crossroads of East and West at the tip of Africa. Robben Island Robben Island is known throughout the world for its most famous prisoner, Nelson Mandela, who spent much of his 27-year imprisonment there. It has been declared a World Heritage Site in recognition of its human rights iconic status. The Robben Island Museum was established as a national monument and a national museum in September 1996. The museum tour starts from the Nelson Mandela Gateway Building which comprises a ferry terminal, high-tech exhibitions and the new "front door" to The Island. The tour on The Island incorporates sites such as the house in which Robert Sobukwe, leader of the Pan Africanist Congress was confined for years, and the cell in which Mandela was imprisoned, as well as sites testifying to the Island's role over the centuries as a dumping ground for society's discards, from lepers to freedom fighters.
The South African Maratime Museum The South African Maritime Museum in the heart of Cape Town's old working harbour features the SAS Somerset, the last boom defence vessel in existence; a ship model workshop; a lighthouse multimedia spectacular and a hands-on children's discovery cove. The Suid-afrikaanse Sendinggestig Museum The Suid-afrikaanse Sendinggestig Museum, the 1804 slave chapel erected by the South African Missionary Society, is an exquisitely restored architectural gem. The comprehensive exhibition details Christian missions in the Western Cape and provides a starting point and orientation for touring the mission route.
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