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    Robben Island Museum

    Location

    Category Museum
    Country South Africa
    Address Robben Island 7400, S Africa
    Telephone +27 (0)21 409 5146 / +27 21 4095259
    Email thandit@robben-island.org.za / infow@robben-island.org.za
    URL http://www.robben-island.org.za

    Notes

    Robben Island had a leprosy hospital from 1846-1931 and now has a museum dedicated to it. The collection includes a number of biological samples as well as artefacts.

    The Resource Centre provides educational resources and specialised learning spaces for Robben Island Museum staff, visitors, the African Programme in Museums and Heritage Studies (APMHS) students, visiting scholars, interns, youth and adult groups. It holds a very special collection of books donated by Jack and Ray Simons as well as Emeritus Archbishop Ndungane. It is located on the Island at MPLC (the old Medium B prison).

    Entry updated January 2016

    Contact

    Name Thandi Toto
    Organization Robben Island Museum
    Address Robben Island Museum, Robben Island 7400, S Africa
    Telephone +27 (0)21 409 5146 / +27 21 4095259
    Email thandit@robben-island.org.za / infow@robben-island.org.za
    URL http://www.robben-island.org.za/learn#education

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