Cape Town Diamond Museum
This small museum attached to the Shimansky boutique tells the fascinating history of the little stones that played such a big role in South Africa's history. The tour (25–40 minutes) covers a time line of 3 billion years, mostly focusing on how the local industry developed in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and ending in a showroom where polishers are busy "brillianteering" stones that are unsurprisingly available for purchase.
