The Cape Town Museum is a museum without walls – we exist to gather, share and record the stories of people who live in Cape Town, as well as their ideas and visions for a Cape Town of the future.

 

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The Cape Town Museum is a project of the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport with the aim to create a collaborative and participatory initiative that explores and presents our City as a holistic cultural landscape and living museum.

 

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We are excited to announce the launch of the Cape Town Museum’s Mapping Project which has been designed to map the stories and memories of the people of Cape Town. This is a project for the people of Cape Town by the people of Cape Town and we
The SA Sendinggestig Museum @sasendinggestigmuseum in Cape Town is inviting applications for an Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) beneficiary position as Exhibition and Social Media Design Assistant. Closing date for applications: March 22 2024.
The SA Sendinggestig Museum @sasendinggestigmuseum in Cape Town is inviting applications for two Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) beneficiary positions as Workshop Assistants. Closing date for applications: March 20 2024. For more details and
The SA Sendinggestig Museum @sasendinggestigmuseum in Cape Town is inviting applications for an Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) beneficiary position as Photography and Videography Assistant. Closing date for applications: March 22 2024. For m
The SA Sendinggestig Museum @sasendinggestigmuseum in Cape Town is inviting applications for an Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) beneficiary position as Administration Assistant. Closing date for applications: March 20 2024. For more details an
Don’t forget to book your spot for the upcoming tour of the Slave Remembrance Gallery at Leeuwenhof Estate on Thursday, March 14. The tour is being offered by the Cape Town Museum in celebration of Human Rights Month. Usually closed to the p
Please join the Friends of the Cape Town Museum for the launch of Joline Young’s recently published book "An Uncomfortable Paradise: A History of Dispossession and Slavery in Simon’s Town.” The book tells the human stories of
Come celebrate Human Rights Month with the Cape Town Museum with a tour of the Slave Remembrance Gallery at Leeuwenhof Estate on March 14. The theme of the tour is the links between historic and modern enslavement and human rights. The Cape Town Mus
This past weekend, the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, through its Museum Services and the Cape Town Museum, commemorated Emancipation Day at the Leeuwenhof Slave Quarters Remembrance Gallery. Guests were invited to light a can