MUSÉES

9 points d'intérêt recommandé pour vous

Castle of Good Hope, All Areas for free As the oldest surviving colonial building in South Africa. the the Castle of Good Hope was built between 1666 and 1679 by the Dutch East India Company. Here you can see furniture, oil paintings and antique china, collected by a businessman, showing the lifestyle of early settlers in the Cape colony. [ + plus ]

District Six Museum, All Areas A former community of freed slaves, merchants, artisans, labourers and immigrants, the District Six Museum was established as a museum in 1994. Here you can seephotographs, paintings, artefacts,books, studies and audio-visual recordings of District Six. [ + plus ]

Gold of Africa Museum, All Areas The Gold of Africa aim is to preserve the ancient art and design of African culture. 350 West African gold artefacts from the Barbier-Muller Museum in Geneva, and included in the impressive display are jewellery and artworks from the continent's ancient civilisations. [ + plus ]

Irma Stern Museum, All Areas The Irma Stern Museum was the former home of the South African Expressionist painter Irma Stern. Here you will find the painter work, her private collection of antique furniture and African art. [ + plus ]

Iziko Slave Lodge, All Areas Built in 1679, the Iziko Slave Lodge was a former place where Dutch East India Company's slaves were housed Focused in the history and experience of slaves and their descendants in the Cape. On the 1st floor also features artefacts from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and the Far East. [ + plus ]

Iziko Social History Resource Centre, All Areas [ + plus ]

Iziko South African Museum, All Areas The Iziko South African Museum features a half million specimens from fossils to insects and many more. Founded in1825, this museum is must see for it's African zoology, palaeontology and archaeology collections. Don't miss the Whale Well! [ + plus ]

Koopmans de Wet House, All Areas Established as a museum in 1914, the Koopmans-de Wet House is the oldest museum in the country. Here you can find the best pieces of Cape furniture and silver in the country, in addition to a priceless collection of ceramics. [ + plus ]

Nelson Mandela Gateway, All Areas for free As it's mentor, the Nelson Mandela Gateway is dedicated to the struggle for equality. Close to Robben Island, this museum was a scenarium of banishment, isolation and imprisonment. [ + plus ]