The Iziko South African Maritime Museum closed in mid-August 2006. Iziko has opened a new Maritime Centre in the Union Castle Building at the V&A Waterfront.

The Maritime Centre features a collection of ship models and objects associated with shipping in Cape Town, in particular the era of mail-ships.

A key part of this resource centre is the John H Marsh Maritime Research Centre, which houses an important archive of over 19 000 photographs of 9 200 ships, dating from the 1920s to the 1960s.

Enquiries: Jaco Boshoff
Email: jboshoff@iziko.org.za
Tel:  021 464 1267’