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Robben Island Museum

Robben Island, Cape Town, South Africa

From the 17th to the 20th centuries, Robben Island served as a place of banishment, isolation, and imprisonment. Today it is a World Heritage Site and museum, a poignant reminder to the newly democratic South Africa of the price paid for freedom.

Robben Island Museum operates as a site and living museum. It aims to develop the Island as a national and international heritage and conservation institution. In managing its resources and activities, RIM will strive to maintain the unique and universal symbolism of the Island, nurture creativity and innovation, as well as to contribute to the socio-economic development and transformation of the South African society and enrich humanity.