South African Jewish Museum
5 expert reviews
“Home to not only to this imaginatively designed museum but also the the functioning and beautifully decorated Great Synagogue.”
– Lonely Planet
Frommer's
"Opened by Nelson Mandela in 2000, this architecturally astonishing museum -- like the nearby District Six Museum -- celebrates the history of a particular South African community."
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Time Out
"On the top floor are exquisite Judaic artefacts such as a solid silver replica of the Kimberley Synagogue; you can also discover interesting titbits about the diamond rush and ostrich feather boom."
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Fodor's
"Housed in the Old Synagogue—South Africa's first synagogue, built in 1863—this museum lies adjacent to the Cape Town Holocaust Centre and spans 150 years."
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