District Six Museum Foundation

25A Buitenkant Street
Cape Town
South Africa

(021) 466-7200  /   021 466 7210

25A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town, South Africa
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Category: Museums
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Reviews

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    BettinaSoCal
    13 SEP 2018

    Wow, this was one well done exhibition space. Learned so much about the area that influenced Cape Town and got international attention way back. Highly recommended even if you're not a history fan...

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    allenw78
    13 SEP 2018

    Did not spend much time there but it was definitely worth the stop. Good information and you get a good feeling of what the people had to go thru many years ago. Privately funded.

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    Food4joy
    1 SEP 2018

    The museum honours the more than 60,000 non white people who were forcibly removed during the apartheid to make room for white people. The focus of the museum is on showing the daily life that was so...

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    nancy237
    21 JUN 2018

    Great history lesson about what happen in Cape Town and how they have began to restore the area. Spent about and hour in the museum and then walked to a bakery behind the museum for some beautiful...

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    Sar_Bear17
    30 MAY 2018

    So, I'm not a huge museum person. I was a little reluctant to go with my husband who was keen to visit. I am so pleased we did go. The museum offers 30-40 minute tours (ZAR55/ pp), guided by former...

  • AA

    aekrfk
    27 MAY 2018

    A visit to this museum will help to understand what happened before the end of Apartheid. You are in the actual location of an area that is sparsely inhabited and are taken back to a vibrant life of...

  • AA

    angiepatenaude
    11 MAY 2018

    Very special experience in human history. It was a pleasure meeting 2 of the original residents for District Six and the warm welcome we received listening to their story and major challenges at the...

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    655trum
    4 MAY 2018

    We visited this Museum as part of a Cape Town Township and Robben Island Tour. The museum was very interesting. The tour guide Zandadi was very knowledgeable about the museum.

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    Ayasha T
    4 MAY 2018

    Very nicely done museum with great tours. The layout is nice and educational and they have a very nice cafe with yummy goodies.

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    CFEIII
    21 FEB 2018

    In 1956, the white powers decided to eliminate the diversity and people of District 6, destroying an entire way of life, disrupting the people that lived there. All told, about 60,000 persons were...

Classification

Cape Town, Cape Metropole, Western Cape, South Africa
Museums

Business Hours

Monday to Saturday
09:00 - 16:00
Public Holidays
Closed

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