SUPPORTING LOCAL INITIATIVES TO CELEBRATE OBS’S DIVERSE HISTORY
ABOUT OBSID & HERITAGE
In 2020, OBSID undertook a survey of residents desires, and one of the issues raised was
the need for a repository of the history of Observatory, which allows for a strengthen the
Observatory community through the celebration of our unique and diverse history and
culture.
OBSID has funded efforts to catalogue the vast range of historical resources related to
Observatory. These range from images to stories, videos to physical artefacts. The history
of Observatory is one of diversity, resistance and celebration, of normal day to day lives,
and extraordinary endeavour, of art, of science, of parties and research spanning and
encapsulating all the stories of Cape Town…