Overview
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Tour Code IL – AMT
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Days
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Tuesday to Sunday
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13h00-107h00
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Departure
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Downtown Hotels
Sandton Hotels
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12h45
13h15
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Duration
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4 Hours
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Entrance included
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Apartheid Museum
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Meals Included
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None
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The Apartheid Museum opened in 2001 and is acknowledged as the pre-eminent museum
in the world dealing with 20th Century South Africa, at the heart of which is the
apartheid story.
Beginning in 1948, the white-elected National Party government implemented the policy
of apartheid which turned 20 million people into second class citizens, damning
them to a life of servitude, humiliation and abuse. Their liberation in 1994 with
the election of Nelson Mandela, the prisoner who became president, is a climax in
the saga of a nation's resistance, courage and fortitude.
The Apartheid Museum, the first of its kind, illustrates the rise and fall of apartheid.
An architectural consortium, comprising several leading architectural firms, conceptualised
the design of the building on a seven-hectare stand. The museum is a superb example
of design, space and landscape offering the international community a unique South
African experience.
The exhibits have been assembled and organised by a multi-disciplinary team of curators,
film-makers, historians and designers
They include provocative film footage, photographs, text panels and artifacts illustrating
the events and human stories that are part of the epic saga known as apartheid.
For anyone wanting to understand and experience what apartheid South Africa was
really like, a visit to the Apartheid Museum is fundamental.
The museum is a beacon of hope showing the world how South Africa is coming to terms
with its oppressive past and working towards a future that all South Africans can
call their own.
Rates:
R 497 per person
VALID: 12 - 14 May 2014
Contact Details:
Tell: +27 21 697 4056
Fax: +27 21 697 4090
P.O Box 2557, Clareinch, 7740, Cape Town, South Africa
Web:
www.ilios.co.za
E-mail:
info@ilios.co.za