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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 ...
Feb 3, 2016 · The apartheid nationalist government destroyed District Six in the 1960s. This memorial museum contains maps, photographs and other reminders of this old vibrant neighborhood. Site walks and tours in the Museum with ex-resident storytellers are also offered.
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- 25A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town Central
- District Six Museum admission prices can vary. Entrance tickets currently cost £2.84, while a popular guided tour starts around £4.25 per person.
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District Six Museum. Top choice in Cape Town. It's impossible not to be emotionally moved by this museum, which celebrates the once lively multiracial area that was destroyed during apartheid in the 1960s and 1970s, its 60,000 inhabitants forcibly removed.
An internationally engaged museum of innovation working with the memories of District Six and other communities affected by forced removals, and contributing to the cultural reconstruction and restitution of post-apartheid Cape Town
Aug 1, 2023 · Explore in the heart of Cape Town, the District Six Museum stands as a poignant testament to a painful chapter in South Africa’s history. As an emblem of resilience, healing, and...
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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