District Six Museum
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 1970s.Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 9:00 AM—4:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: memorial in Cape Town, South Africa
- Address: 25A Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cape Town Central Library and Cape Town City Hall.
Cape Town Central Library
Library
Photo: NegativeC, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Central Library Cape Town is a public library in Cape Town, South Africa. It is one of 102 libraries within the City of Cape Town Library and Information Services. Cape Town Central Library is situated 220 metres north of District Six Museum.
Cape Town City Hall
Town hall
Photo: Martinvl, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cape Town City Hall is a large Edwardian building, built in 1905, and located in Cape Town's city centre. It is located on the Grand Parade, to the west of the Castle, and is built from honey-coloured oolitic limestone, imported from Bath in England. Cape Town City Hall is situated 270 metres north of District Six Museum.
Charly’s Bakery, Cape Town
Pâtisserie
Photo: HelenOnline, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Charly’s Bakery, Cape Town is a pâtisserie, which is situated 110 metres southeast of District Six Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cape Town and Schotsche Kloof.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second most populous city in South Africa. The capital of Western Cape Province, it is also the legislative capital of the nation. Cape Town is on South Africa's southwestern coast close to the Cape of Good Hope, and is the southernmost city on the African continent.
Schotsche Kloof
Suburb
The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a former racially segregated area, situated on the slopes of Signal Hill above the city centre and is a historical centre of Cape Malay culture in Cape Town.
Foreshore
Suburb
The Foreshore is an area in Cape Town, South Africa, situated in the city's central business district, between the historic city centre and the Port of Cape Town.
District Six Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, public building, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Southern Africa, Africa
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Latitude
-33.92781° or 33° 55′ 40″ southLongitude
18.42375° or 18° 25′ 26″ eastLevels
2Open location code
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building=publicOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q2616757
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Portuguese—“District Six Museum” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu del Districte Sisè”
- Dutch: “District Six Museum”
- French: “musée du district six”
- French: “Musée du district six”
- Japanese: “第6地区博物館”
- Portuguese: “District Six Museum”
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Highlights include HCC: Homecoming Centre and Avalon Auditorium.
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