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Iziko South African Museum

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Iziko South African Museum

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"The Iziko South African Museum, home to thousands of interesting artifacts, is a retrophiliac's nirvana. As the national museum of the country, this grand and established space features fossils, stone tools, traditional clothes, and other items, some of which are almost 700 million years old. (The museum has been in the old monumental building since 1897, so it has a deep past itself.) Pick what you're most interested in—fossils? Traditional clothing?—and beeline for that area." - Mary Holland

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Fossils, stone tools, traditional clothes, ancient artifacts

planetarium
fossils
traditional clothing
student discount
informative displays
welcoming staff
interactive elements
stone tools
Google Rating
4.3 (794)
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25 Queen Victoria St, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa Get directions

Restroom
Free street parking
Paid street parking
Wheelchair accessible entrance
Wheelchair accessible parking lot
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Fossils, stone tools, traditional clothes, ancient artifacts

planetarium
fossils
traditional clothing
student discount
informative displays
welcoming staff
interactive elements
stone tools
Google Rating
4.3 (794)
Featured in Conde Nast Traveler
Featured in
Placeholder

25 Queen Victoria St, Gardens, Cape Town, 8001, South Africa Get directions

Restroom
Free street parking
Paid street parking
Wheelchair accessible entrance
Wheelchair accessible parking lot
Iziko South African Museum by null
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Iziko South African Museum by Getty
Iziko South African Museum by null
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Iziko South African Museum by null
Iziko South African Museum by null
Iziko South African Museum by null
Iziko South African Museum by null
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