A memory centre is a designed for communities to share collective and individual memories, and access and contribute to cultural heritage and resources and information.

For the Khayelitsha Memory Centre, a project designed to engage citizens and focus on the near-lost oral history from evicted community members, our interpretive exhibit design team proposed first to invest in a participatory design workshop. The workshop was attended by city officials and residents in October 2013 and resulted in an action plan to allow for citizen co-creation of exhibit content and elements of museum building.

Key components include a travelling memory fair to ignite dialogue around the topic, a history trading store concept, where memories can be traded for goods, and a memory radio to encourage a community of active citizens around the subject.