The District Six Museum
Museum in Zonneblom
Up until the 1970s, District Six was home to almost a tenth of the city of Cape Town’s population. In 1966, the apartheid government, as it had done in Sophiatown in 1957, declared District Six “white”. More than 60,000 people were forcibly uprooted and relocated onto the barren plains of the Cape Flats. Over a century of history, community life, solidarity amongst the poor, and of achievement against great odds, were endangered. The museum was opened in 1994 to keep the memories of District Six and displaced people everywhere alive.
25A Buitenkant St
Guided tours are held at 9.30 am, 10.30 am, 11.30 am, 12.30pm 1.30 pm + 2.30 pm
