Robben Island Museum

World Heritage Site

 

Tour Schedule

Ferries depart at 9am, 11am, 1pm and 3pm, weather permitting, from Nelson Mandela Gateway, at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town. Tickets cost R200 for adults and R100 for children (U/18). More about Robben Island Tours...

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Robben Island Museum

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.

 
The Robert Sobukwe Travelling Exhibition

The Robben Island Museum’s Robert Sobukwe: A Son of the Soil of Africa Exhibition commemorates the 40th anniversary of Robert Sobukwe’s release from Robben Island in April 1969 and honours his contribution towards the struggle for democracy in South Africa.

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