The award winning Cape Heritage Museum preserves, promotes, celebrates the unedited history of the Cape, arranged chronologically, by exploring the arrival of the Portuguese and Dutch; their interaction with the indigenous San and Khoi people of South Africa; weaving through colonialism, the brutality of slavery; the emancipation of the slaves; the vibrant cultures of District Six and Bo-Kaap; the political climate in South Africa; the contribution of Muslim, Jewish, Christian, the African Indigenous Groups and Asian diasporas in shaping contemporary South African culture.
Experience a rare collection in excess of 1500 paintings, artifacts, photographs, and relics that narrates an unedited and raw history of the South Africa through colonialism, imperialism, slavery, apartheid, gentrification, forced removals, cultural dialogue, religious diversity, political diversity and a full appreciation of what it meant to be a South African.
Castle of Good Hope
Cnr Castle & Darling Sts
Cape Town
+27 (0)82 336 3778
info@slaveheritagemuseum.org
www.slaveheritagemuseum.org
Mon to Sun 09h30 – 16h00
Including all Public Holidays
Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day
Free entry to The Cape Heritage Museum
Entrance fee to Castle of Good Hope: Adults R50 SA Pensioners & children R25
School Group bookings – to be arranged directly with the Cape Heritage Museum