Tourist Groups Although the Museum was initially started as a community space for ex-residents to gather and meet, it has now become a space that tells the story of District Six to both local and foreign visitors to Cape Town and South Africa. The museum has been designed in such a way that a visitor can wander in off the street and take a self guided tour, but more importantly a visitor can also make use of the privilege of taking a tour with an ex-resident of District Six. It is an amazing experience to hear the personal recollections of an ex-resident. Site tours of the District Six area The museum offers a guided tour of the area. It is conducted by an ex-resident either as a walking tour or in a vehicle. The site tours MUST be booked in advance. To book a tour please call the Museum on 021 466 7200. A mimimum of 10 people per group is required. Site tours are charged per person at: Visitors can also walk into the open space by themselves and get a sense of the magnitude of the destruction that took place. The site has been nominated as a National Heritage Site and is therefore a conservation area and should be treated with sensitivity and respect. To book a tour, please contact Louise Mohammed on +27 21 466 7200, or e-mail her at louise@districtsix.co.za
We have been expanding from our well-established location in the Methodist Churhc at 25A Buitenkant Street, into a seconf venue in a neighbouring building at 15 Buitenkant Street - the old Sacks Futeran building. The stories told by the exhibitions in these two locations have been synergised so as to provide visitors with an in depth understanding of an important part of the country's history. Using the lens provided by the destruction of the District Six community, the Museum, through its work leads into raising awareness about the many different ways that communities across the country and even globally, have been dislocated for various reasons, and how this continues to impact across many generations. The permanent exhibition at no. 25 - Digging Deeper - continues to speak powerfully to the many local and international visitors who pass through the Museum's doors on a daily basis. In addition, two new exhibitions about football were introduced in June 2010. The Fields of Play exhibition - which was first opened in 2008 - was re-opened together with the launch of a new exhibition, Offside. Fields of Play In 2008 the District Six Museum opened an exhibition about the far-reaching impact of forced removals on football associations and clubs in Cape Town. The exhibition, entitled Fields of Play: football memories and fored removals in Cape Town portrays the history of football from the first moment the game was played on Greenpoint Common in 1862, and traces the rich history of the football associations that used the Common for their games. The making of the exhibition reunite a number of football administrators, players, referees and spectators of teh game. Their memories and stories vividy bring to life the rich history of struggle, competition, discipline and achievement by the city's sporting communities. Offside Offside: Kick Ignorance Out! Football unites, Racism divides is collaboration between the British Council; the District Six Museum; Football Unites, Racism Divides and Kick it out. The exhibition highlights aspects of the footaballing relationship between the United Kingdom and South Africa and how it has evolved over the last century, focussing particularly on experiences of racism in both countries. The exhibition highlights aspects of the footballing relationship between the United Kingdom and South Africa and how it has evolved over the last century, focussing particularly on experiences of racism in both countries. The exhibition encourages us to be vigilant against prejudice, highlighting the ways in which it remains a blemish on the beautiful game. Until further notice, there is no charge for visiting the two exhibitions in the Homecoming Centre.
The District Six Museum is an independent community based institution entirely dependent on raising its own funds. A contribution from you would enhance the Museum's ability to work with its communities and to improve the quality of its research, exhibitions and public programmes. If you would like to become involved in the Museum activities please call Nicky (PA to the director) at 021-466 7200 or email her on nicky@districtsix.co.za . If you would like to make a donation our bank details are as follows: DISTRICT SIX MUSEUM FOUNDATION
Reception: 021 466 7200 / 021 466 7100
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