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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
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 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.
The Museum’s first physical location was in the historic Methodist Church building at 25A Buitenkant Street which to this day is the home to its permanent exhibition – Digging Deeper. 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 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.
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.
The District Six Museum houses an impressive collection of historical materials including photographs, paintings, artefacts, physical remains like street signs, books and studies as well as audio-visual recordings of District Six, most which were donated by its former residents.
