Cape Medical Museum

Cape Medical Museum
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Established24 September 1981
LocationGreen Point, South Africa
Coordinates33°54′26″S 18°24′53″E / 33.90716°S 18.41475°E / -33.90716; 18.41475
TypeProvincial Museum
OwnerWestern Cape Government

The Cape Medical Museum is situated in the Old City Hospital Complex in Green Point, Cape Town, South Africa. Its exhibitions center around the medical history of the Cape and includes exhibitions on dentistry, hospital care, traditional African medicine and pharmaceutical developments. It was founded by a group of volunteers in the 1980s led by Prof J C De Villiers. Since its conception it was proclaimed as a Provincial Museum of the government of the Western Cape province.