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  On Saturday, 7 July participants and artists involved in the Peninsula Maternity Hospital Memory Project bade a final farewell to each other. At this last workshop we watched and provided feedback on the video artwork that is installed in the new...

As part of our commitment to engaging with our own communities’ histories, District Six Museum staff and Seven Steps members visited Lwandle Migrant Labour Museum on Tuesday 26 June. For many people this was their visit to Lwandle, and for some it was...

In partnership with Joburg Theatre, the Museum was pleased to have hosted a public conversation with J Edward Chamberlin, a writer and land claims expert from the University of Toronto in Canada whose book, ‘If this is your land, where are your stories?’...

THE LIFE AND DEATH OF DULCIE SEPTEMBER, SOUTH AFRICAN ANTI APARTHEID STRUGGLE ICON Dulcie September was assassinated in the heart of Paris on 29 March 1988 as she unlocked the ANC’s offices at 28, Rue des Petites-Ecuries where she served as ANC head...

Breyani, sago pudding and boeber on a rainy night in May Ilze Wolff’s menu choice was a perfect for a Cape Town wintry night in May! The context within which we engaged in conversation with Ilze about her life in the city – as an architect, a business...

  Date:     Thursday 28 June: In conversation with Ryland Fisher Time:    18h00 Venue:    District Six Museum Homecoming Centre Cost:    R 150 (R 130 if prepaid) Booking essential: call Chantal Delilie- 021 4667200 OR email...

  On Saturday 16 June we will be paying tribute to the youth of our country, who on this day in 1976 sacrificed so much for the cause of education, as a means towards our country’s liberation. On this day we would also like to affirm the ongoing...

  18 May 2018 Since 1977, the International Council of Museums (ICOM) has been advocating for a worldwide focus on the role of museums on 18 May each year. Its intention was to increase public awareness of the role of museums in the development of...