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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 ...
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
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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.
The District Six Museum is the perfect extension of the classroom. Wonderful visuals, oral testimonies, documentaries, audiovisual materials, scavenger hunts and role plays all form part of the repertoire of experiences offered by the Museum.
Together and by ourselves, Rebuild a city. Which belongs to all of us, In which all of us can live, Not as races but as people. The Hands Off District Six Conference of 1988 led to the formation of the District Six Museum Foundation in 1989.
May 26, 2024 · Nestled in the heart of Cape Town, South Africa lies the District Six Museum – a unique memorial to a once-vibrant multi-racial community that was razed to the ground during the brutality of apartheid.
Jan 27, 2017 · Discover District Six Museum in Cape Town, South Africa: A sobering account of the vibrant multicultural neighborhood that was destroyed under apartheid.
