Iziko Slave Lodge
Iziko Slave Lodge stands in Cape Town as one of the city’s oldest colonial buildings, with architecture shaped by centuries of changing use. Built in 1679 for the Dutch East India Company, it housed enslaved people until 1811.
British colonial authorities later converted the building into government offices, and a pediment sculpture by Anton Anreith remains a notable architectural detail. A museum opened here in 1966, first presenting Dutch and British colonial material culture before turning more fully towards slavery and South African social history during the 1990s.
The lower level explores slavery in South Africa, while the upper galleries display ceramics, silverware and other cultural objects. Its history brings oppression, resilience and human rights into the same physical space.
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