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Museum of Gems & Jewellery Details verified
Museums · City Centre · Cape Town
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Loop Street museum telling the story of South Africa's diamonds and precious metals, from the ground to the finished piece.
The Museum of Gems & Jewellery on Loop Street covers the material history that a great deal of South African economic history rests on: where the country's diamonds, gold and platinum come from, how they are cut and worked, and how a rough stone becomes something someone inherits.
It is a small, specific museum rather than a general one, and it is unusual in Cape Town for treating jewellery as industry and craft rather than as retail. Loop Street puts it a short walk from the Church Street gallery strip and Greenmarket Square. The museum opens for First Thursdays, the CBD's late-opening evening on the first Thursday of every month.
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Opening hours
- Monday
- 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Tuesday
- 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Wednesday
- 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Thursday
- 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Friday
- 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM
- Saturday
- 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
- Sunday
- Closed
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