Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vi
4. Preface. Guides to Museum Times vii
5. List of Abbreviations xx
6. Introduction. Changing Museums, Reshaping Histories 1
7. Chapter 1. Remaking the Chameleon: A History of History in South African Museums 43
8. Chapter 2. History on the Beach: Making a Museum Home in Lwandle 73
9. Chapter 3. History at Sea: Remaking a Museum of Eventless History 101
10. Chapter 4. A New Hippo for a New Nation: The Journey of a Museum ‘Across the Frontier’ in Post-Apartheid South Africa 129
11. Chapter 5. The Museum, the Rabbit and National History: The Voice of Robben Island 161
12. Chapter 6. ‘We Are Sick of Van Riebeeck, Van Riebeeck. We Want to Know Our History’: Y350? and the Remaking of Settler Histories in Post-Apartheid Times 195
13. Conclusion. Museums Closing and Opening 227
14. Bibliography 245
15. Index 269