The Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport will celebrate the International Museum Day at the Worcester and Beaufort West Museums respectively on 18 May 2006. In line with this year's theme, "Museums and Young People", activities for the day will highlight the important role the youth can play to reconfigure museums.

At the Beaufort West museum there will be family history workshops. Local schools have been invited to debate on tangible and intagible heritage.

The main event will take place at Worcester Museum where "Aunties Project", a group of 12 women from the Cape Winelands who have made special contributions to their communities, will share their life experiences and struggles with the youth.

MEC Jacobs who will deliver a keynote address at the main event in Worcester says, "This is the first real opportunity for the affected communities to take practical steps of ensuring that collections at museums were fully representative of the cultural diversity and were being democratized".

The media is invited to celebrations at Worcester Museum from 09:00.

For further media enquries please contact:

Mandla Yeki
Spokesperson for Ministry
Cultural Affairs, Sport and Recreation
Tel: 021 483 9804
Fax: 021 483 9801
Mobile: 082 553 3477
Protea Assurance Building, Green Market Square
Cape Town

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