An excellent museum with a wonderful guide. It was a surprise to go through the whole history of Dr C. Barnard and the heart transplant. A must if you are in Capetown, could spend hours at the place.

Das war tatsächlich einer der besten Führung, die ich seit langem hatte. Viel Hintergrund wissen und konnte viele Fragen fernab vom Skript beantworten. Führungen immer 9.00, 11.00, 13.00 und 15.00 Uhr. Direkt vor dem Museum gibt es Parkplätze mit grünen Punkten. Hier warten bis die Tür auf geht. Während einer Führung ist geschlossen, also keine Angst. Auch wenn bei Google schließt um 15.00 Uhr steht, da beginnt die letzte Führung und man hat danach noch Zeit alles anzuschauen. Preise unterschiedlich, wer einen südafrikanischen Pass hat zahlt deutlich weniger. Man braucht keine medizinische Vorkenntnisse, aber als Mediziner versteht man noch mehr, was das für eine Leistung war. Gut fand ich auch die Beleuchtung der Umstände, wie es zur Herzspende kam. Die Geschichte um Denise Darwall ist faszinierend und traurig gleichzeitig...

This was phenomenal! I LOVED IT!! Thanks to tour guides Len and Cindy, who were extremely friendly and helpful, with knowledge coming out of their ears. It is evident that they enjoy their work thoroughly and spend personal time searching for more tidbits on the infamous Dr Barnard and his crew. They personally met him and have spoken to several nurses who actually assisted in the operation itself. The amount of information and knowledge they posses is mesmerising. I love asking questions and I surely tested their memory which was mind blowing. They are incredible! Definitely take the tour. It’s worth more than you’re paying! Thanks guys!

This 1.5-2 hour tour was one of the best things we did on our vacation. We are not in the medical field, and we did not find the information over our heads. It might not be good for small children, since one of the exhibits shows a dog being operated on. In addition, we found the cost pretty reasonable for a guided tour.

Most amazing curator! She was interesting to listen to. She shared facts and had the wonderful ability to story tell. This museum was amazing! Chris Barnard was a great surgeon and an interesting man.

This museum is incredible. Being able to stand in the very room the first heart transplant was performed is life changing. I want to be a surgeon though so my opinion is biased. Regardless though, the museum is thorough in providing all the information about the relevant people and provides all the facts surrounding the transplant and Christ Barnard himself. It also gives credit to everyone involved and not just Christ Barnard, who was the surgeon who performed the transplant. Our guide was very knowledgeable and willing to answer our many questions. Would recommend to anyone going to Cape Town!

Brazilian Doctors on City Tour with me as Tour Guide, liked the Heart Transplant Museum. Professor Christian Barnard with a very well presentation from Guide Cindy Laubser.

What an amazing Museum and the guides are so knowledgeable. 2 hours of information, but not even 1 single second was boring.........I can highly recommend it for young and old, local or international.

It's very informative. Gives one the look into techniques of yesteryear compared to today's

We were quite skeptical about visiting this museum, but we are very happy that we did. It was very interesting and enjoyable. Extremely recommended.

This is a truly fascinating exhibit about the world's first heart transplant surgery, the surgeon who performed it, the other key players and the research that enabled it to happen. Only reopened this week and really is a must see museum for all!

OMG😷 first of all keep an eye on your heart there. THIS IS THE BEST MEUSUEM I have ever visited😍

This was by far the most enjoyable museum experience I’ve ever had. I would recommend The Heart of Cape Town Museum to everyone. Very interesting, funny, heartfelt - pardon the pun.

Incredible place full of history!

I wasn't really excited to go visit the heart museum. Until a friend suggested it and said it was awesome. It didn't disappoint. The tour guide was the best I've been with in a long time. Most interesting and loved to learn all about the hospital. Highly recommend.

Love that place. Visit was amazing.

What a wonderful exsperience and all myths surrounding open heart surgery was cleared.Its educational and mind blowing simultaneosly.The staff doing the guiding is so compasionate and passionate about their work.Thankyou for the exsperience. A must visit for both locals and International guest

Great! Amazon storytelling.

This is such an interesting, well laid out and presented museum. It is highly recommended and really should be a pre requisite for any student interested in pursuing a career in medicine.

It was very informative great experience

It's a unique experience

Professionally equipped and virus free

Book a Tour in advance and feel the history in the actual Theatres where Dr Chris Barnard performed the World's first Heart Transplant. Excellent guides explain everything. A nice stop if you're Air Crew slipping in CPT.

Beautiful

This is worth the visit, its quite a gem. take the tour its great!

Beautiful place

Excellent tour and we’ll worth the visit. Hugely informative and got to see the actual theatre where the worlds first heart transplant took place. Would highly recommend!

👍👍👍

Best museum ever, everyone should visit to see the fantastic achievements made. Amazing informative guide Len, seeing the place where surgeries took place and an interview with Christian Barnard made the whole experience very really. Lots more but don't want to give any spoilers.

I found it very informative and interesting, giving me knowledge regarding the players involved in the first successful open heart surgery

Fantastic guided tour, very informative, really gives gravity to the feat relative to the technology of the era - great figurines and life size medical scenarios. Some additional context and "light-shedding" of other medical practices, experiments and feats. Len was a great host clearly invested in the experience, you can see his heart is in it! I'd love to dissect it more but you simply have to experience it! There is no coffee available but I am certain it would be lovely!

What an inspirational place and story! We absolutely loved it and can highly recommend a visit.

The guided tour was informative and special and allows time for walking around afterwards. I'd recommend it for anyone that has a interest in medicine and its history.

Great eye-opening experience. We both enjoyed our tour and was very happy with the service provided by our lovely tour guide.

Very interesting well designed. We really enjoyed it. Trace was probably the best tour guide I've ever encountered. She was thorough, interesting, an amazing storyteller and funny. Thank you, Trace!

I was blown away by my visit to the museum. The tour guide was engaging and enthusiastic. Great for school Senior Primary visits and adults. You will be fascinated and Proudly South African.

Excellent and informative museum. The tour was great and well worth booking in advance (easy visa email with the website). My Dad especially loved it, having personal experience with those involved.

Absolutely incredible, interesting and comprehensive museum. Extensively display of newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, life size mock-ups of scenes in the theatre rooms as well as a film about Chris Barnard's life. Worthwhile to visit, for all age categories. Various prices for South Africans and foreigners, as well as student and pensioner prices. Book in advance, if possible and allow for approximately 2 hour's minimum to view everything.

The staff are incredibly friendly and knowledgeable about the events that lead to the 1st human heart transplant. It is done tastefully, and both the donor and recipient are humanized and given so much respect and dignity in how their respective display are depicted.

Amazing artifacts and reconstructions in the actual operating theatres used by Dr Chris Barnard for his groundbreaking research and life-saving surgery.

Fantastic museum of you're into cardiology or just a nerd. Fantastic guide with a lot of enthusiasm. One great thing is that you can touch almost everything. One minus that the fee was a bit high.

Museum dedicated to the first human heart ❤️ transplant! Original operation rooms! Kind people will explain everything. Wax dummies and all of the original medical documents are shown! A must-see in Cape Town.

Great experience to see a portrial of the first heart transplant , very infomitive, well worth the visit

The tour guide was out standing

Loved 3

(Translated by Google) Interesting (Original) Interessant

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not a place for me.... It's a Hospital for crying out loud!

(Translated by Google) A great museum with characters and a history of a heart transplant. 20 years before Poland. (Original) Świetne muzeum z postaciami i historia przeszczepu serca. 20 lat przed Polską.

Fascinating story of the 1st heart transplant in the world.

Very informative.

It's a great place to spend some time in for both young and not so young.

(Translated by Google) Very interesting (Original) Sehr interessant

A cool way to tell the story of Cape Town's big place in medical history. The staff are passionate and the museum moving.

The highlight of my stay in Cape Town. So interesting and the staff are the most friendly and knowledgable people.

Unforgettable experience, guides were so professional. A must see.

Well organised 2 hour tour. Our tour leader was so passionate and the insight into heart transplant and indeed christiaan barnard was amasing. Best money spent on a historic event

One of the best museums in the world with some of the best storytellers ever.

Breath taking! This is a must.

Informative tour, very interesting museum

The staff here are excellent. The fact that its the actual theatres and ER used makes it so surreal. Definitely worh a visit.

Great service, staff looked after me well

(Translated by Google) Entrance 350 rand, for foreigners. The museum is interesting, but the price is high. (Original) Вход 350 рэндов, для иностранцев. Музей интересный, но цена высокая.

A monument

Amazing experiences but not a lot of history is given on the tour. I went on 1 and my wife went on her own and the tour's couldn't even be compared she had such a great tour guide compared to mine that rushed everything

(Translated by Google) Must see (Original) Moet sien

Interesting place

(Translated by Google) This was an absolute highlight that you should not miss. For the entrance fee you get a detailed Leadership deserves 10🌟. (Original) Das war ein absolutes highlight das man sich nicht entgehen lassen sollte.für den Eintrittspreis bekommt man eine ausführliche Führung die 10🌟verdient.