The South African Museum

© Iziko Museums (Photo Carina Beyer)

The South African Museum is noted for its huge natural science and social history collections.

As a matter of fact, it houses more than one-and-a half million specimens of scientific importance that scientists have been adding to for more than 200 years.

Founded in 1825, the Museum moved to its present building in the historic Company's Garden in 1897.

© Iziko Museums

The collections now range from fossils 700 million years old to insects and fish caught last week.

Some of the favourite exhibitions are soapstone objects from the Zimbabwe Ruins and lifelike reconstructions of fossils found in the Karoo.

African Dinosaur Collection © Iziko Museums (Photo Carina Beyer)

More museums in Cape Town
Cape Town Museums
South African Museum | National Gallery | Michaelis Collection | Rust en Vreugd |  Koopmans de Wet House | Bertram House | Maritime Centre | District Six Museum | Franschhoek Motor Museum | Gold of Africa Museum | Heart of Cape Town Museum |  Irma Stern Museum | Rust en Vrede Clay Museum | SA Jewish Museum |  Stellenbosch Village Museum  | Chavonnes Battery Museum | Cape Medical Museum

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