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District Six Museum: what's nearby, how to get there and when to go · 2026

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.

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  • Buitenkant Street, 21, Cape Town, South Africa
  • http://www.districtsix.co.selina
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