Robben Island Museum
Robben Island is a National Museum, National Heritage site, a Marine Protected Area and World Heritage Site (WHS), located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Robben Island is a National Museum, National Heritage site, a Marine Protected Area and World Heritage Site (WHS), located in the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is recognized as a place of Outstanding Universal Value and is acknowledged for its great political symbolism as a place of selfless struggle and as a place signifying the triumph of human spirit over great adversity. The Island is a space of memory with a rich and layered history dating back over 10000 years before the arrival of Europeans in 1498.