Updating Map... About District Six Museum
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Great idea but not executed as as well as it deserved. You will see a lot of letters and newspaper articles of the plight of those who were evicted but they deserve more that that.
A definite must if you visit Cape Town. I happened to go when a few large groups showed up about the same time so the guides were trying to talk over each other. Made the tiny museum feel even more cramped. Ended up not being...More
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 pastries.
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 residents of District Six. We...More
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 a community that no longer exists.
The museum tells the story of how people were relocated from District Six to more distant areas according to an Act passed during the apartheid government. The museum itself is a string of the stories of those people, even the tour guides are former residents...More
We visited this museum as part of a “VIATOUR”. Our driver and guide was Zandi of the Xhosa tribe. It was interesting seeing the indignities that non white people were subjected too.
This was a we’ll done museum that takes no less than Two hours to do it right. We had such great conversations around the what’s and why’s once we left and they continued for days.
We loved to visit this little but insightful museum in the border of what used to be the District Six. Our guide gave us a personal testimony on what life used to be there, it was a very moving experience to understand how cruel apartheid...More
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 time. Thank you!
