This chapter explores how democratization of heritage was played out in South African museums focusing on how museum curator represented men in exhibitions during the South African democratization process. The chapter investigates a variety of exhibitions and curatorial practices at two South African museums: the KwaZulu-Natal Museum and the Msunduzi Museum incorporating the Voortrekker complex both located in the town of Pietermaritzburg in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. The material is analyzed using masculinity and performance theory revealing and explaining how hegemonic masculine heteronormative agendas in heritage presentations are protected, promoted, and also glorified in a democratic South Africa. In doing so this study seeks to question the notion that democratization has been unproblematically presented as “successful,” arguing that this claim can only be made if gender is not taken into account.