Didn’t really know what to expect, it was worth the visit in my eyes. To read about the history and how people were treated no that long ago really. The personal statements about being displaced really gave a true perspective. It is a little dated in how its set up in the church and could do with some investment.

A must see museum to understand the gravity of the impact of the displacement ("forced removals" of black people) in Cape Town during the Apartheid. We took the option of a tour which gave us the opportunity to speak with a person displaced in his 20's. This was a very moving experience.

Museum has an engaging variety of displays to explain what the D6 residents endured under apartheid, the richness of their lives despite harsh economic conditions, and how their lives subsequently unfolded over the years. Displays convey a very personal and communitarian focus. Excellent museum; poignant that it’s in one of the few churches not torn down during the mass relocation of reisdents.

If you visit Cape Town, you need to visit this museum. It is truly important to know about Apartheid and how it has impacted South Africa. The museum is well done and make sure to arrive at a time where you can take the tour. The tour made the experience significantly better.

A must-see in Cape Town. You can either do the tour on your own (ZAR60) or have a guide (ZAR75) who is always a former resident of District Six. In my case, I chose to have a guide who was a lovely Malay lady who lived there until the age of 7, where they all got kicked out with nothing but a suitcase. A very touching and emotional experience.

There is a lot to read in this museum but it tells a very important story about a community destroyed by apartheid. It was well worth taking the time to read the displays, look at all the photos and the artifacts. You get a real understanding of what happened here.

My friend and I took a one-hour guided tour of the District Six Museum in late June with a guide that was provided by the museum. The guides are all former residents of District Six. I strongly recommend that you do the guided tour because it brings all of the exhibits in the museum to life as the guide can put everything in context with their own personal experiences of life in District Six and provide details about the era. The tour was very impactful for me. It is a testament to the resilience of the black and colored populations of South Africa during apartheid. I highly recommend this guided tour of the museum. There were 2 guides during the time we were in the museum. Our guide was assigned 4 people including my friend and I. To get a personal guided tour just email the museum and they will send you a form to fill out where you indicate the date you want to take the tour and you choose from one of the time slots available. All they ask is that you make a small donation to the museum. The cost of this tour is minimal compared to the value it delivers. It will be the lowest cost tour you will pay for related to Cape Town and the surrounding sites. The museum tour will give you more realistic and meaningful insights than you will ever learn from a book or history classes you had in school.

I would recommend this to anyone visiting Cape Town. It gives you a great understanding of what happened to this community and tipped racial tensions. The guides (“storytellers”) are unique in that they lived there when this was happening so it even more special.