Iziko South African Museum
Natural history, fossils and biodiversity collections beside the Company’s Garden.
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Plan your visitAbout 90 min
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- Visit duration90 minutesEditorial estimate · 2026-10-08
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25 Queen Victoria Street, Gardens · Cape Town
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The Iziko South African Museum, formerly the South African Museum (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Museum), is a South African national museum located in Cape Town. The museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country. It has been on its present site in the Company's Garden since 1897. The museum houses important African zoology, palaeontology, and archaeology collections.
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