Heart of Cape Town Museum

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. The hospital was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human heart transplant took place, conducted by University of Cape Town-educated surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky.

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Address

Groote Schuur Hospital, Main Rd

Hours

Mo-Su 09:00-17:00

Phone

+27 21 404 1967

Website

heartofcapetown.co.za (opens in a new tab)