Free access to Western Cape museums with a vax card

Drostdy Museum in Swellendam

Drostdy Museum in Swellendam

Published Aug 31, 2021

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Cape Town - Presenting a vaccination card will get members of the public free access to a number of museums across the province this Heritage Month.

Cultural Affairs and Sport MEC Anroux Marais said as the province kicked off Heritage Month celebrations, free access would be provided to affiliated museums for those presenting vaccination cards, both fully and partially vaccinated.

“Usually visitors pay an entry fee to access our museums across the province, but to encourage all to get vaccinated, we are happy to waive this fee for the month of September in a bid to increase our vaccination numbers, while promoting our affiliated museums as we now contain, adapt and recover in the Western Cape,” Marais said.

The following museums are free to those vaccinated for the month of September: Bartolomeu Dias Museum (Mossel Bay), Beaufort West Museum, CP Nel Museum (Oudtshoorn), Drostdy Museum (Swellendam), Genadendal Museum, Great Brak River Museum, Hout Bay Museum, Jan Danckaert Museum (Porterville), Montagu Museum, Old Harbour Museum (Hermanus), Oude Kerk Volksmuseum (Tulbagh), SA Fisheries Museum (Laaiplek), Stellenbosch Museum, Togryer Museum (Ceres), Wellington Museum, Wheat Industry Museum (Moorreesburg) and Worcester Museum.

The department said while they hoped to promote affiliated museums through this campaign, they also commemorate National Heritage Month acknowledging that cultural heritage goes beyond that which we find in our built environment, such as buildings, towns and monuments.

“It includes our overall collective traditions and inherited, lived expressions through oral traditions, performing arts, social practices, rituals, festive events, language and crafts. Intangible cultural heritage is an important part of maintaining cultural diversity. Our understanding of the intangible cultural heritage of our diverse communities helps foster social inclusion, inter-cultural dialogue and encourages mutual respect and creating new narratives and meaning.”

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