# Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town — Citylit

Natural history, fossils and biodiversity collections beside the Company’s Garden.

Canonical page: https://citylit.vercel.app/cape-town/entertainment/iziko-south-african-museum

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## Iziko South African Museum

Natural history, fossils and biodiversity collections beside the Company’s Garden.

- City: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
- Category: Entertainment
- Address: 25 Queen Victoria Street, Gardens
- Citylit page: https://citylit.vercel.app/cape-town/entertainment/iziko-south-african-museum
- Official website: https://www.iziko.org.za/museums/south-african-museum/
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iziko_South_African_Museum
- Sources checked: 2026-10-08
- Coordinates: longitude 18.4149178, latitude -33.9289028 (venue pin; entrance may be unverified)
- Coordinate source: https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/24010045

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.

About source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iziko_South_African_Museum; checked 2026-10-12; license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/.

### Practical facts
- admission: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- booking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- stepFreeEntrance: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- accessibleToilets: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- parking: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- publicTransport: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- family: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- environment: Unknown / unconfirmed (unknown)
- durationMinutes: 90 (editorial-estimate); checked 2026-10-08; source: Citylit editorial planning estimate

### Sources
- The Iziko South African Museum – Iziko Museums: https://www.iziko.org.za/museums/south-african-museum/; fetched 2026-10-08; retrieved during research
- Iziko South African Museum: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iziko_South_African_Museum; fetched 2026-10-07; retrieved during research

### Photographs and credits
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/c297e603dedb.jpg — Iziko South African Museum in the Company Gardens. Venue photograph. Author: Josephou; license: CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iziko_South_African_Museum.JPG
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/10c7c5938388.jpg — Iziko Old Town House Museum, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Venue photograph. Author: Dietmar Rabich; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Town_(ZA),_Iziko_Old_Town_House_Museum_--_2024_--_3519.jpg
- https://citylit.vercel.app/images/475eb53d06f0.jpg — Iziko Old Town House Museum, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. Venue photograph. Author: Dietmar Rabich; license: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0); source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cape_Town_(ZA),_Iziko_Old_Town_House_Museum_--_2024_--_3524.jpg

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