The slightly sharp smell of molten metal is the first thing that hits you upon walking through the heavy doors of this contemporary foundry-cum-gallery housed in the former...

By showing us the faces of some of the six million Jews - as well as gypsies, homosexuals and others - who were murdered during the Holocaust, the Cape Town Holocaust Centre...

This award-winning community museum lays bare the time in South African history when the ruling government declared District Six a 'whites only' area and over 60,000 of its...

Located in the historic mustard-hued Martin Melck House, this museum boasts the largest assortment of African gold objects in the world. Most notable is the 300-odd piece...

The former Cape Town residence of the state president, the gabled Groote Schuur ('Big Barn') was originally built in 1667 to serve as the VOC's granary before it was bought by...

In 1965 Simon's Town was declared a 'whites only' area under the Group Areas Act and saw the forced removal of close to 7,000 'coloured' people from their homes. The Amlay...

Formerly known as Stegmansrust, this inconspicuous, thatched Lego-block of a house is believed to be the oldest building in the False Bay area. Built by the VOC in 1673, it was...

Hidden behind a rather unattractive wall in Cecil Road in Rosebank, an adjoining suburb to Rondebosch, lies the house where one of South Africa's most revered artists lived,...

The permanent collection dedicates space to British, Dutch, Flemish and South African art spanning the centuries, interspersed with traditional African beadwork and...

Completed in 1679, this building at the north-east end of the Company's Gardens was built by the Dutch East India Company to house up to 9,000 slaves, convicts and the mentally...

This sadly neglected child of the Iziko family recently got a bit of press (albeit bad) when crafty robbers broke into the museum and absconded with a mounted white rhino's...

In 1818 Johannes Dreyer built a watermill on the banks of the Liesbeeck River. Upon his death, his widow Maria employed a young lad by the name of Jacob Letterstedt (who had...

Set amid the hustle and bustle of Strand Street, this Cape Dutch building designed by the architect Louis Thibault was the first privately owned townhouse to be opened as a...

This cosy gallery on UCT's Hiddingh Campus is part of the Michaelis School of Fine Arts, which has been around since 1925. Apart from serving as an exhibition space for its...