More Museums in Cape town

Visiting museums has become one of my favourite pastimes recently. As the time for Andy and I to leave Cape Town approaches, I been discovering lots of fascinating places, and enjoying some wonderful trips out with Hendriette, Jaco and Helena.

We visited the Cape Town Holocaust Centre, which is similar to Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, but much smaller:

On the stairs, leading to the museum, some beautiful patchwork of appliqued and embroidered Jewish symbols are displayed:

Next door is the Jewish Museum, which is very modern. It has an unusual spiral staircase, which is only supported at the top and bottom:

This photo was taken from a postcard I bought at the museum.

A Jewish Synagogue on also on the site. Jaco had to cover the top of his head, as is customary for males entering a Jewish Holy place. Paper caps and prayer shawls were available for communal use:

In the synagogue, this replica of a candelabrum from the Yad Vashem museum, remembering the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust, was displayed at the front.

On the same day we revisited the Iziko Museum, which has huge skeletons on display:

This is the mouth of a very large great white shark - scary!

And this is a replica of one of the large dinosaur skeletons, found in South Africa.

Another day we visited the National Gallery, also part of the Iziko Museums. Part of the Sasol Wax Art award, this unusual display, made entirely of wax paper, depicted a bedroom and bathroom:

I hope you can see the straws used to make the sink taps and also for the base of the toilet.

These are examples of the work of another finalist in the wax art award:

Another section had sculptures made of scrap materials:

This life-size horse was made from weapons and armory...

...and this working model of a lion chasing a tourist was made from unrolled drinks cans.

These museums surround the 'Company's Gardens', where a statue of Cecil Rhodes is siuated. As my maiden name (name before marriage) was Rhodes, I just had to pose beside it: