2 days
Daily Tour
5 people
English, Espanol
Have an educational Cape Town experience with a difference by visiting the Heart of Cape Town Museum. The museum is dedicated to the world’s first successful heart transplant, which took place in Cape Town in 1967. By booking in advance, you can skip the ticket line and arrange to be picked up from around Cape Town CBD.
Celebrate one of the greatest moments in medical history at the Heart of Cape Town Museum – a museum dedicated to the world’s first successful heart transplant. Visitors experience the drama of that moment in the fully restored, original operating rooms laid out as they were on the day of the operation. The medical museum also includes a timeline of events that led up to the operation and exhibitions on the donor Denise Darvall, and the surgeon Christiaan Barnard.
The Heart of Cape Town Museum commemorates the world’s first successful human heart transplant, which was performed by Dr. Christiaan Barnard and his team on December 3, 1967, at Groote Schuur Hospital. The museum offers an in-depth look at this historic medical achievement and the people behind it.
The ticket includes access to the guided museum tour, which explores recreated operating rooms, original equipment, and informative exhibits detailing the groundbreaking transplant procedure and the lives of Dr. Barnard and the patients involved.
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