Iziko South African Museum

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Iziko South African Museum

Suid-Afrikaanse Museum
Established	1825; 199 years ago (1825)
Location	Company's Garden
Type	Zoology, palaeontology, archaeology
Accreditation	Iziko museum
Public transit access	Bus: MyCiTi 101, 106, 107
Website	www.iziko.org.za/museums/south-african-museum

The Iziko South African Museum is a South African national museum located in Cape Town. The museum was founded in 1825, the first in the country. It has been on its present site in the Company's Garden since 1897. The museum houses important African zoology, palaeontology and archaeology collections.^[1]

Iziko is a Xhosa word meaning "hearth".^[2]