Accommodation Near South African Museum and Planetarium
*All distances listed are as the crow flies, and not actual travel distances.
Nearby Attractions & Landmarks: Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Long Street, Two Oceans Marathon, Noon Gun, Koopmans-de Wet House, Castle of Good Hope, Two Oceans Aquarium, Lions Head, Newlands Brewery, Chavonnes Battery Museum, Langa Township, The Company's Garden, Heart of Cape Town Museum, Newlands Stadium, District Six Museum, Groot Constantia, Holocaust Centre, South African National Gallery , Greenmarket Square, Rhodes Memorial, Orange Kloof, Blue Train, Whisky Live Festival, Long Street Baths, Signal Hill, St George's Cathedral, V&A Waterfront, World of Birds
South African Museum and Planetarium Reviews
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It’s little wonder that the South African Museum and Planetarium in Cape Town is such a popular stop on the hop on-hop off bus route; both the museum and the planetarium are located under one roof. The South African Museum is the country’s oldest, having opened its doors in 1825 and with well over a million exhibits collected, displayed and rotated over the years, it’s reasonable to expect a world-class facility filled with the most interesting and rarest of items. And if you tire of the natural history and science stuff, you can pop down the hall to watch a celestial display at the planetarium.
Exhibits to look out for at the museum are the 4-storey whale well with complete whale skeletons suspended from the ceiling including that of a blue whale, nautical displays, a discovery room for children, life sized Megaladon jaws, mounted mammals and birds of the region, fossil dioramas and African dinosaurs.
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