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The Nelson Mandela Museum hosted the Nelson Mandela Release Programme celebrating the 31^st anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison. He was released on the 11^th of February 1990 at Victor Verster Prison now known as Drakenstein Correctional services.

On the 18^th of February 2021, Nelson Mandela Museum will celebrate the 31^st anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from Victor Verster Prison in Paarl. The sudden change of hearts by the apartheid regime became evident on the 02^nd of February 1990, when Frederick Willem de Klerk announced the unbanning of political parties and an imminent release of political prisoners including Nelson Mandela.

In September 2020, the US Consulate General issued a grant to the museum in partnership with Michigan State University to update, expand and digitise the exhibit.

Nelson Mandela Museum in partnership with the Eastern Cape provincial department of Sport Recreation Arts and Culture will host a virtual International summit to celebrate the 31^st anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and 21^st anniversary of the Museum’s establishment.

Nelson Mandela Museum in partnership with the Eastern Cape provincial department of Sport Recreation Arts and Culture will host a virtual International summit to celebrate the 31^st anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s release from prison and 21^st anniversary of the Museum’s establishment.

The year 2021 marks the 21^st anniversary of the establishment of the iconic Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha and the 31st remembrance of the release from prison of our global icon, the late former President of South Africa, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela.