“When people think of Gugulethu, they think about the killing of the Gugulethu Seven by the Apartheid Government in the 80s or they think about the murder of Amy Biehl. Gugulethu’s history holds much more than these two tragedies,” says Geoff Mamputa, Gugulethu resident and social activist. History Gugulethu is ...
Read MoreiGroenekloof Mission station nophuhliso lwe Mamre
Imbali I Mamre ikunxweme elisentshona malunga nomgama angamashumi amahlanu wemitsi kumantla edolophu yase Kapa kodwa isekwakummandla wesixeko saseKapa. IMambre ke isetyenziswa yi VOC njengesikhundla seenkomo esasekwa nguRhulumente wamaDatshi wase Koloni esiseka esi sikhundla njengesikhundla soMkhosi ngonyaka ka 1701. Umsebenzi wesisikhundla esasisaya kubizwa ngokuthi yi Groenekloof, yayikukukhusela imfuyo yabemi kwilizwe elitsha ...
Read MoreGroenekloof sendingstasie en die ontwikkeling van Mamre
Geskiedenis Mamre is ’n dorpie aan die Weskus ongeveer 50 km noord van Kaapstad se sakekern, maar steeds binne die grense van die Stad Kaapstad. Die VOC het Mamre gebruik as ’n buitepos vir die aanhouding van vee, maar die Hollandse Goewerneur van die Kaap het dit in 1701 omskep ...
Read MoreGroenekloof Mission Station and the development of Mamre
History Mamre is on the West Coast about 50 km north of the Cape Town CBD, but still within the boundary of the City of Cape Town. Used by the VOC as a cattle outpost, the Dutch Governor of the Cape established it as a military outpost in 1701. The ...
Read MoreEmancipation of Slavery Memorial Event at the Mamre Mission Station
The Cape Town Museum has held various events this year including our social inclusion dialogues. On 1 December the Cape Town Museum commemorated the emancipation of slaves at the Mamre Moravian Mission Station. The event was organised in partnership with the SA Sendinggestig Museum and the Mamre Heritage Committee. See photos ...
Read MorePlace Matters appointed for museum visioning process
Place Matters has been appointed to conduct a visioning process and to draft a development plan for the Cape Town Museum. Place Matters is a consulting practice that is owned and managed by Jacques Stoltz, an urban management specialist and development planner. For this project, a team has been brought ...
Read MoreErnestine White-Mifetu elected as Management Committee Chairperson
On 8 October 2018 Ernestine White-Mifetu was elected Chairperson of the Cape Town Museum’s Management Committee. Ernestine is currently the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Iziko South African Gallery. She is also an independent artist exhibiting in national and international exhibitions. Her experience within the arts and culture sector ...
Read MoreDialogues on Women and Gender at the Cape Town Museum
As part of its Women’s Month activities, the Cape Town Museum took the first steps towards establishing a Women and Gender Programme. This took the form of a brainstorming workshop, held at the Museum Services’ Office in Ruyterwacht on 31 May 2018, that was attended by museum staff and other ...
Read MoreOpening up dialogue on social inclusion
Last Friday, 27th July, the Cape Town Museum held the first of its public engagements on social inclusion with an event organised in conjunction with Activate! Change Drivers and Africa Unite. The event brought together organisations that work to promote human rights, change for public good and active, engaged citizens. The purpose ...
Read MoreCape Town Museum Social Inclusion Engagement Event
Cape Town Museum is a new provincial museum that will explore Cape Town as a dynamic network of people, processes and places that extend beyond the official boundaries of the city. The museum aims to be an inclusive public space that: Provides a platform to address social, economic and environmental ...
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