Founded in 1825 and situated in the historic Company's Gardens, the Iziko South African Museum houses over one-and-a-half million specimens ranging from fossils nearly 700 million years old to insects, fish, stone tools, and cultural artifacts. Visitors explore exhibits spanning natural history and human heritage while scientists work behind the scenes identifying species, studying biodiversity, and preserving evidence of extinct animals and ancestral human life.
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