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The District Six Museum is a cultural institution that preserves and promotes the history and memory of the District Six community, forcibly removed under apartheid. It has expanded its work into a neighbouring building, the Homecoming Centre, and offers restitution services to former residents and their descendants.
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The current permanent exhibition, Digging Deeper, was...
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The District Six Museum Foundation was established in 1989...
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District Six Museum is a museum in the former inner-city residential area and, District Six, in Cape Town, South Africa in an old Methodist church. District Six Foundation was founded in 1989 and the museum in 1994, as a memorial to the forced movement of 60,000 inhabitants of various races in District Six during Apartheid in South Africa in ...
The District Six Museum Foundation was established in 1989 and launched as a museum in 1994 to keep alive the memories of District Six and displaced people everywhere.
Since the early 2000s, the Museum has expanded into the historic Sacks Futeran building one block away, at 15A Buitenkant Street, which has aptly been named ‘The District Six Museum Homecoming Centre.’
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The District Six Foundation was established in 1989 and shortly after joined by the museum in 1994. Together, the institutions formed a memorial to the forced movement of around 60,000 inhabitants of varying backgrounds during South Africa’s Apartheidin the 1960s. The museum itself had been an old Methodist church. The area of District Six was orig...
Today, you can walk the museum floor covered by a large map of the district and accompanied by hand-written notes from former inhabitants about where they used to live. The museum’s collections also features old traffic signs, exhibits that explain historical events and explore the lives of families living in the area that was demolished. Additiona...
If using public transport around Cape Town, then buses 103, 104 and 111 all stop at Lower Buitenkant just a minute’s walk from the District Six Museum. The 102 and 113 buses stop along Darling Street nearby. For those driving, the museum is located near the waterfront just off the motorways 1 and 2 at exits 3 and 2.
Learn about the history and legacy of District Six, a vibrant community destroyed by Apartheid in Cape Town. Visit the museum to see exhibitions, maps, stories and more.
Learn about the history and culture of District Six, a vibrant multiracial community that was forcibly removed during apartheid. See recreated home interiors, photographs, testimonials and temporary exhibitions at the museum and its annexe.
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The District Six museum was a thought-provoking and moving space, where the memories of dispossessed communities had been collected into the form of a 'memory box'. The exhibits and design uncover the brutal hardship of the Group Areas Act in South Africa, and the impact of colonialism more widely.
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