Directions to the Museum

The museum is situated inside the Groote Schuur hospital, a teaching hospital for the University of Cape Town.
This is the hospital where the first heart operation took place, and guests on a tour of the museum even visit the same operating room where Denise Darvall’s heart was harvested.

The GPS co-ordinates are: 33 56’28.24”S

18 27’41.75”E

Coming from Sea Point direction:  

1. Get onto the N2 highway which goes to the Airport. 
2. Follow this road for a few kilometres till you get to an off-ramp on the left marked Browning Road and Groote Schuur Hospital. 
3. Follow this road down to the Main Road (M4). 
4. At the traffic lights, turn right and at the next set of lights, right again. 
5. Now you will be going up Groote Schuur Drive towards the mountain and the hospital. 
6. Go straight to the top of the road ignoring all parking garages on the left as far as the boom across the road. 
7. There you tell the parking attendant that you are visiting the museum, you then drive into the Palm Court parking area – you will see 4 palm trees here.
8. Drive around the garden to door no. 3 which is our entrance, clearly marked, where we have our own parking bays.

Coming from Muizenburg direction: 

1. Travel on the M3 highway going towards Cape Town.
2. Pass the University of Cape Town but stay on the right side of the road – you will then see a filter off towards the Airport and Groote Schuur Hospital.
3. Take the filter off to the Hospital – until you come to a traffic circle.
4. Go around the circle and take the 3 exit off – going down the hill.
5. Turn left into the first road you come to – you will now be driving down a road between the hospital and a graveyard.
6. At the next stop street, turn left into Groote Schuur Drive.
7. Go straight to the top of the road ignoring all parking garages on the left as far as the boom across the road. 
8. There you tell the parking attendant that you are visiting the museum, you then drive into the Palm Court parking area – you will see 4 palm trees here.
9. Drive around the garden to door no. 3 which is our entrance, clearly marked, where we have our own parking bays.

Coming along the N2 from the direction of the Airport / Somerset West: 

1. Continue along the N2 until you get to the off-ramp marked Exit 7 / Main Road / M4. Take this off-ramp and drive to the top where there is a board clearly showing the way to the hospital. 
2. Turn right and continue for approx. 800m to the 4th set of traffic lights at Groote Schuur Drive (do not take Anzio Road where there is also a board indicating a hospital).Turn left, drive to the top of the road, ignoring the parking garages on the left. At the boom, tell the attendant you are visiting the museum, drive in and park at door no. 3.

Coming along the N1 from the direction of Paarl:

1. Continue to the Koeberg Interchange – Exit 7. Take the elevated lane indicated M5 / Muizenberg and continue till the off-ramp marked N2 / CITY.
2. Do not take the previous turnoff to the N2 – this goes in the direction of the airport. Once you are on the N2, continue to Exit 7 / Main Road / M4 and continue as above.