SA Jewish Museum
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Overview
88 Hatfield Street, Gardens, Cape Town Central, Cape Townphone: view phone+27 21 465-1546
fax: view fax+27 21
website: http://www.sajewishmuseum.co.za
e-mail: send an e-mail
Description
This museum which is a vehicle for education, information and dialogue narrates the story of the SA Jewish community from its early beginnings against the backdrop of South African history. Interactive and high-tech, it includes an exclusive documentary on Nelson Mandela, international exhibitions and cultural programmes and houses a reconstructed Lithuanian shtetl. The Discovery Centre provides online information on European origins and a search facility for family trees.
