Art, Theaters and Museums

Although Irma Stern was one of South Africa’s more prolific artists, the Irma Stern Museum isn’t heaving with tourists. Set inside the art… Read the rest

Most well-known as the prison where Nelson Mandela spent 18 of his 27-year sentence, Robben Island, in Table Bay, is where many political activists we… Read the rest

A sprawling building near the shoreline of Table Bay, the Castle of Good Hope is a 17th-century site that draws large crowds. Built by the Dutch betwe… Read the rest

<p>The Zeitz MOCAA is the largest museum of contemporary African art in the world&mdash;it’s essentially Cape Town&rsquo;s answer… Read the rest

A contemporary art gallery founded in 2014, SMITH is one of the newer additions to Cape Town’s art scene. It’s dedicated to showcasing loc… Read the rest

A pioneering contemporary art gallery with spaces in Johannesburg and Cape Town, the Stevenson presents artists from near and far. The gallery, Steven… Read the rest

The District Six Museum tells the heartbreaking narrative of a vibrant multiracial neighborhood whose members were forcibly removed during Apartheid i… Read the rest

The Iziko South African National Gallery, located in a stately white building, houses a collection of South African, Dutch, French, Flemish, and Briti… Read the rest

The Norval Foundation is a new centre for the research and exhibition of 20th and 21st-century visual art from South Africa and beyond. Located in the… Read the rest

The extraordinary fresco "The Sibyls" by Raffaello Sanzio is inside the Basilica of Santa Maria della Pace and can be admired from the Sala… Read the rest