Cape Town Science Centre, Cape Town

Name: Cape Town Science Centre
Address: 370B Main Road, Cape Town, 7925, South Africa
Telephone: +27 21 300 3200

#57 among attractions in Cape Town

Museum, Specialty museum, Science museum

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The Cape Town Science Centre is a not-for-profit science centre in Cape Town, South Africa. It forms part of a wide range of non-classroom initiatives to improve the quality of science understanding and science literacy in South Africa. ()

Established: 28 December 2011 (12 years ago)Coordinates: 33°56'18"S, 18°27'50"E

Address

370B Main RoadObservatoryCape Town 7925 South Africa

Contact

+27 21 300 3200

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Nearby attractions include: Rhodes Memorial, Heart of Cape Town Museum, Mostert's Mill, Rondebosch Common.

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Historical place, Memorial
Rhodes Memorial, Table Mountain National Park
27 min walk • Rhodes Memorial on Devil's Peak in Cape Town, South Africa, is a memorial to English-born, South African politician Cecil John Rhodes. The memorial was designed by the renowned architect, Sir Herbert Baker.
~1070 ftS
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Heart of Cape Town Museum, Cape Town
6 min walk • The Heart of Cape Town Museum is a museum complex in the Observatory suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. It is in the Groote Schuur Hospital on Main Road.
1 miS
Museum, Windmill
Mostert's Mill, Cape Town
25 min walk • Mostert's Mill is a historic windmill in Mowbray, Cape Town, South Africa. It was built in 1796 and was the oldest surviving complete windmill in South Africa. It was gutted in a wildfire on 18 April 2021. The fire had started on Table Mountain and spread, severely damaging a number of buildings.
1.6 miSE
Park
Rondebosch Common, Cape Town
42 min walk • Rondebosch Common is an open common of about 40 hectares in Rondebosch, Cape Town in South Africa. A common is defined as "A piece of open land for public use, esp. in a village or town." It contains one of the few surviving pockets of the critically endangered “Cape Flats Sand...
0.6 miE
Area
Observatory, Cape Town
16 min walk • Observatory is a suburb in Cape Town, South Africa that is bordered by Mowbray to the south, and Salt River to the northwest. Colloquially known as Obs, the area is best known as a student neighbourhood, home to students, faculty and other staff associated with the University of Cape Town nearby.
0.8 miE
Observatories and planetariums
Royal Observatory, Cape Town
21 min walk • The Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, is the oldest continuously existing scientific institution in South Africa. Founded by the British Board of Longitude in 1820, it now forms the headquarters building of the South African Astronomical Observatory.
0.8 miE
Observatories and planetariums
South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town
21 min walk • South African Astronomical Observatory is the national centre for optical and infrared astronomy in South Africa. It was established in 1972. The observatory is run by the National Research Foundation of South Africa. The facility's function is to conduct research in astronomy and astrophysics.
0.8 miE
Library
SAAO Library, Cape Town
20 min walk • The SAAO Library is the national library of the South African Astronomical Observatory for astronomy and space science located in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa. Its primary function is to conduct fundamental research in astronomy and astrophysics.
1.1 miNW
Memorial
Treaty Tree, Cape Town
29 min walk • The Treaty Tree is a 500-year-old white milkwood tree on Treaty Road and south of the rail line in Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa.
1.1 miE
Windmill
De Nieuwe Molen, Cape Town
29 min walk • De Nieuwe Molen is the oldest and the largest extant mill in South Africa and was built in 1782 near the Black River. The mill is situated in the Alexandra Hospital in Maitland, Cape Town and was declared a National Monument in 1978.
0.9 miE
Area
Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary, Cape Town
24 min walk • Raapenberg Bird Sanctuary is a 10-hectare protected area in Cape Town, located on the Liesbeek river near the suburb of Observatory. The sanctuary consists of a section of the Liesbeek River, with parkland, trees, lawn and picnic sites.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

When is Cape Town Science Centre open?

Cape Town Science Centre is open:

Monday 9 am - 4:30 pm
Tuesday 9 am - 4:30 pm
Wednesday 9 am - 4:30 pm
Thursday 9 am - 4:30 pm
Friday 9 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday 9 am - 4:30 pm
Sunday 10 am - 4:30 pm

Which popular attractions are close to Cape Town Science Centre?

Nearby attractions include Heart of Cape Town Museum, Cape Town (6 min walk), Observatory, Cape Town (16 min walk), SAAO Library, Cape Town (20 min walk), South African Astronomical Observatory, Cape Town (21 min walk).

How to get to Cape Town Science Centre by public transport?

The nearest stations to Cape Town Science Centre:

Bus

St Peters Square Residence • Lines: Ct1 (7 min walk)
Catsville Residence • Lines: Ct4 (8 min walk)

Train

Observatory (11 min walk)
Salt River Station (19 min walk)