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This is a significant book. It addresses the dilemmas that museums face as they seek to both conserve the past and transform to meet the needs of new generations and changing sociopolitical environments...it is probably the most meaningful volume on South Africa's post-apartheid museum moment Trevor Getz, San Francisco State University Museum Times is an important addition to the study of museums in South Africa. It offers the first sweeping assessment of museums, twenty years after apartheid's end. At the same time, it gives us individual case studies that are both quirky and metonymic for larger processes. Part history, part memoir, the blurred genre offers insights that will be of interest to a wide audience. Sara Byala, The University of Pennsylvania

This is a significant book. It addresses the dilemmas that museums face as they seek to both conserve the past and transform to meet the needs of new generations and changing sociopolitical environments...it is probably the most meaningful volume on South Africa's post-apartheid museum moment * Trevor Getz, San Francisco State University Museum Times is an important addition to the study of museums in South Africa. It offers the first sweeping assessment of museums, twenty years after apartheid's end. At the same time, it gives us individual case studies that are both quirky and metonymic for larger processes. Part history, part memoir, the blurred genre offers insights that will be of interest to a wide audience. * Sara Byala, The University of Pennsylvania

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Leslie Witz is a professor in the Department of History at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. He teaches African history and public history, and his research focuses on how different histories are created and represented in the public domain. Publications include Apartheid's Festival; Hostels, Homes Museum (with Noeleen Murray); and Unsettled History (with Ciraj Rassool and Gary Minkley).

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