Open AccessDistrict Six - Kanaldorp
Author(s) -
Sandra Prosalendis
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
nordisk museologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2002-0503
pISSN - 1103-8152
DOI - 10.5617/nm.3602
Subject(s) - impromptu , exhibition , graffiti , art , visual arts , style (visual arts) , archaeology , art history , geography , history , computer science , programming language
DECEMBER 1996: Two years after its opening, the District Six Museum stands in Buitenkant Street in all its shabby splendour. People jostle in and out of the entrance, alongside the makeshift graffiti-style sign; foreign and local tourists to Cape Town brush shoulders with ex-residents, a mixture as heterogeneous as the spirit that the museum celebrates. Inside, to a background of impromptu piano recitals, three exhibitions compete for space. An air offestivity reigns as oldfriends meet and rediscover their past, and yet there is still a sense of repose and remembrance that lingers in the museum, a legacy of the building's past roles as church, school, community centre andpolitical sanctuary.