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about the bo-kaap museum |
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The Museum was established in 1978 as a satellite of the SA Cultural
History Museum. It was furnished as a house that depicts the lifestyle
of a nineteenth-century Muslim family.
Today, the museum is in a transformation stage.
The Museum is managed by Iziko Museums, an amalgamation of five national
museums that includes the SA Cultural History Museum and its satellites.
The museum is being changed into a social history museum that will
tell the story of the local community within a national socio-political
and cultural context and two new displays with this theme have already
been completed.
The George Hallet Photographic Exhibition portrays one man's impression
of life in the Bo-Kaap. A second exhibition highlights the social
history of the Bo-Kaap and the influence of Apartheid and Apartheid
laws such as the Group Areas Act.
Older exhibitions show the material culture of the Muslim community
at the Cape. |
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