Site Represents a site. Prim Media 3962 Stewardship Robben Island Museum Contact ec349@st-andrews.ac.uk Status public Institutional nature Museum, Ecomuseum, Extended Museum, Territorial Museum, Cultural Center, Memory House, e-Museum, etc Building Condition 1 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Robben Island Maximum Security Prison Provenance A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. Government of South Africa Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived is51102025 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource ec349@st-andrews.ac.uk Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1482 Type The nature or genre of the resource Site Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,-33.80030812558472,18.371786355710356; Description An account of the resource The Maximum Security Prison was built in the 1960s by prisoners on the island, with stone coming from quarries on the island (again, worked in by the prisoners). There were blocks where prisoners were housed together, as well as cells for those in solitary confinement, and for different categories of political prisoners. The cell where Nelson Mandela spent much of his time on the island is a key point on the tour. Date Submitted Date of submission of the resource. Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal). 26/04/2025 Extent The size or duration of the resource. cm x cm x cm Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1860s Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Data Provider The name or identifier of the organisation that contributes data to Europeana. Robben Island Maximum Security Prison Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Robben Island