Iziko South African Museum

Iziko South African Museum is a natural-history and cultural-history museum in Cape Town, South Africa, established in the early 19th century. It is part of the Iziko Museums of South Africa group and holds long-running collections used for scientific research and public display.

Displays focus on natural history specimens and cultural objects from southern Africa, with exhibition galleries that include paleontology and zoology material. The museum sits alongside other national cultural institutions in a compact central complex, making it an accessible stop on a cultural walking route.

The institution traces its origins to the early 1800s and developed into a formal museum over the 19th century, expanding its collections and public galleries through subsequent decades. It later became incorporated into the Iziko Museums umbrella that groups several Cape Town museums and heritage sites.

The museum occupies a site in the Company’s Garden in central Cape Town, close to Parliament and the South African National Gallery, with Table Mountain visible from nearby streets on clear days.

• Central location: Sited inside Cape Town's historic Company's Garden, immediately adjacent to other cultural institutions and within walking distance of Parliament and the city centre.