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| Established | 2000 |
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| Location | 88 Hatfield Street Gardens Cape Town |
| Coordinates | 33°55′47″S 18°25′01″E / 33.92985829565731°S 18.416979946637067°E |
| Founder | Mendel Kaplan |
| Director | Gavin Morris |
| Website | www |
The South African Jewish Museum is a museum of South African Jewish life, history and identity. The museum is situated in the downtown neighbourhood of Gardens in Cape Town. It is located in the grounds of Gardens Shul, and is in the same complex as the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre and the Gardens Jewish Community Centre (which houses the Jacob Gitlin Library). It is also close to the Iziko South African National Gallery and Houses of Parliament.[1] The museum was founded by the late philanthropist, Mendel Kaplan. It documents the community's historical roots in Lithuania and elsewhere. Thereon it documents the role of South African Jewry in South African society and their contributions to a number of diverse fields.