An opportunity to access online exhibitions and collections, including oral history collections from various communities in Cape Town has been launched.
The Museum Service of the Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport in the province launched Cape Town Digital – a website which is modeled on the idea of a “museum without walls”. The website gives residents the opportunity to access exhibitions and collections, including oral history collections from various communities in Cape Town.
These collections will be updated on a continuous basis. In addition to the website, the museum also has three sites under development which include, a walk-in-centre at 148 Long Street, CBD, a Memory centre at the Cape Medical Museum, at the Old City Hospital Complex in Green Point and an exhibition on the Legacy of Slavery at Leeuwenhof Slave Quarters which is open to the public by appointment on the first Saturday of the month.
Head of Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport, Guy Redman this an exciting time, where digital platforms are being used for museum collections. “We want the Cape Town Museum to create a space for communities to own and to tell their stories in their own voice,” he said.
Cultural Affairs and Sport Minister, Anroux Marais, added that she’s happy to have the museum as an online platform so that they can reach so many more people and make the information accessible to those who might not be able to travel to visit a physical museum. “The Cape Town museum will also be a museum that listens to the people and will take inputs from communities when planning content. This means that the online space will reflect inputs from all the people of the area and will be a true community space,” she said.
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