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The collection includes a 3D model of the City Hall, 3D model of the Nelson Mandela statue, a panorama Tour of the City Hall, maps and photographs, etc
Images depicting Table Bay from the 17th to 20th century give an idea of the development of the harbour. Exhibitions include the earliest existing model of Table Bay harbour, completed…
Iziko has as part of its collections an extensive collection of artefacts from several sites in and around Cape Town. Historical archaeological collections presently consist of artefacts and faunal material…
The Wendy Ackerman collection comprises of seven photos from Temple Israel, in Wynberg, Cape Town. Two of these images depict a young boy in shul, presumably on the occasion of…
he Sandak-Lewin Collection includes a number of photographs and documents relating to Temple Israel in Cape Town
The Rummel Family collection contains images of two shtetls in Friederichstadt in Latvia. Also in this collection is an invitation to the opening of Highlands Place – a set of…
The Miriam Bloom Collection comprises a number of photographs of Miriam Bloom as a young women with friends in Cape Town, a small number of images take at Habonim camp…