The Heart of Cape Town Museum

Experience the drama of the world's first human heart transplant, performed by Prof. Chris Barnard in 1967 in the fully refurbished operating theater here in Cape Town where the surgery took place. Here, the exciting and highly emotional stories of the donor team, the recipient and the medical team who performed the operation are told in a complete two-hour tour with the help of life-size silicone models and replicas to recreate scenes that help revive the past. This will certainly be an experience not to be missed, especially for those interested in medical science. .