Experts' Choice Award 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." Full review
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." Full review
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." Full review
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