Iziko South African Museum

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The Iziko South African Museum is a museum of natural history ( zoology , paleontology ), archeology and anthropology in Cape Town , South Africa .

Entrance from the Company Gardens

It was founded in 1825 ( Andrew Smith was the first director ) and has been in its current location at Company Gardens in Cape Town since 1897.

The collection currently (2020) includes over 1.5 million objects.

Its artifacts include whale skeletons, Therapsid from the Karoosedimenten , giant squid , coelacanth , a quagga , sharks, iron meteorites, minerals and birds. It has a planetarium .

Web links

Commons : Iziko South African Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Notes and individual references

  1. ↑ The Iziko ( isiXhosa , Herd ) is the administrative organization of South African state museums
  2. ↑ Watch giant squid found stranded on Western Cape broke in rare sighting. news24.com from June 11, 2020, accessed June 16, 2020

Coordinates: 33 ° 55 ′ 43.1 "  S , 18 ° 24 ′ 54.8"  E