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Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa’s Arts, the National Museum of African Art’s most recent, large-scale presentation of its collection, is the first to offer broad thematic connections between artworks across the spectrum of time, place, and medium.
Visionary: Viewpoints on Africa’s Arts, the National Museum of African Art’s most recent, large-scale presentation of its collection, is the first to offer broad thematic connections between artworks across the spectrum of time, place, and medium.
The National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) began as a private educational institution in 1964 to promote cross-cultural understanding in the social sciences and arts. Founded by Warren M. Robbins, a former U.S. Foreign Service officer, it was known as the Museum of African Art and located on Capitol Hill in a townhouse that had been the home of ...
Explore the exceptional beauty, diversity, and contemporary relevance of Africa’s art through our current, upcoming, and past exhibitions.
Celebrate 60 years of African Art with the Sounds of Africa concert series featuring the music of the African diaspora! This ongoing series, which will run through November 16, brings together a stellar lineup of artists who are pushing the boundaries of music from Africa while honoring its roots.
Discover the National Museum of African Art with us! Bring your students to tour one of our exciting exhibitions and learn about the museum’s unique architecture—the museum is 96% underground! Examine objects and ideas through a variety of age-appropriate activities.
Provenance at the National Museum of African Art. Learn more about the museum’s work in researching collection provenance—and contribute tips in its efforts.
Quick browse. More than 12,000 artworks spanning more than 1,000 years of African history include a variety of media from across the continent. More than 600,000 items of visual material, including rare collections of glass plate negatives, lantern slides, stereographs, postcards, maps, and engravings on the history and cultures of Africa. More ...
With an unparalleled collection of 12,000 works of art—including the Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection—the National Museum of African Art provides the perfect setting for that professional meeting, executive retreat, conference, evening reception, or dinner!
Visionary ideas propel the greatest human accomplishments. The works of art in the collection of the National Museum of African Art have been made with imagination, insight, and the highest level of skill and creativity to address critical perspectives on universal human issues.