Rust en Vreugd (Rest and Joy) is one of the finest surviving eighteenth-century townhouses in central Cape Town, built around 1778 for the state prosecutor Willem Cornelis Boers. The double-storey Cape Dutch building, with its elaborate teak doorway carved by Anton Anreith, opens onto a formal terraced garden.
The museum inside is part of the Iziko group and holds the William Fehr Collection of paintings, prints and watercolours — many of them rare early views of Cape Town and southern Africa. It is small but rewarding, with the garden alone worth the visit. Free entry; closed on Sundays.