A MyCapeTown selected video about Heart of Cape Town Museum:
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Local history, including a Dutch Reformed church, the parsonage, the boyhood home of Professor Chris Barnard, and an exhibition on Barnard is documented in the old town hall. The theme of the museum is the history of the Beaufort West Karoo, famous people of the region, and the role of the church. Professor Chris Barnard the famous heart surgeon is honoured in three historic buildings, all national monuments, which make up Beaufort West’s museums. All of which are Western Cape Provincial Heritage Sites, previously national monuments. His exhibition of awards after first heart transplant. All gifts awards and presentations made to Chris Barnard are on display in the old town hall, which was built shortly after Beaufort West was proclaimed South Africa’s first municipality in 1837. It too is now part of the museum.
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