Museum of Gems & Jewellery

Cape Town


A chance to see inside the mid-18th century Huguenot House, mainly occupied by the diamond merchants and jewellers Prins & Prins. There's no pressure to buy on the tour, during which you can see the remains of neoclassical wall paintings depicting the 19th-century owners, the van Wielligh family. Most of the displays are in the basement where the jewellers also work.

Transportation

  • bus: Church|Mid-Long

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