Current events.Information subject to change * western states (by closing date) Material Differences Art and Identity in Africa April 2, 2005-June 19, 2005 Crocker Art Museum Sacramento, CA Looking Both Ways Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora September 2, 2005-December 31, 2005 Museum of the African Diaspora The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) is a new museum in San Francisco, California, USA, dedicated to the diasporan histories of people of African origin and their influence and adaptation throughout the world. San Francisco, CA Uncommon Legacies November 6, 2005-January 29, 2006 Washington State Historical Society Tacoma, WA continuing exhibitions (by state) Phoebe Hearst Museum Approaching a Century of Anthropology Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university located in Berkeley, California, United States. Commonly referred to as UC Berkeley, Berkeley and Cal , CA African Trade Beads A Comprehensive and Aesthetic Approach Picard African Trade Bead Museum, Carmel, CA African Gallery; Pre-Columbian Gallery Selections from the Proctor Stafford Collection of West Mexican Ceramics Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, also known as LACMA, is the official and world-renowned art museum of the County of Los Angeles, California, located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA Matthews Collection of African Art; Harer Collection of Egyptian Antiquities Fullerton Art Museum, California State University San Bernardino, CA Fiber, Feather, Shell and Stone Shaping Culture in Native California; Power and Creation Africa beyond the Nile; Realms of the Ancestors Arts of Oceania; Arts of Native America Vision of the Shaman, Song of the Priest Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, CA Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Cantor Center for Visual Arts Stanford University, Stanford, CA African Art in Context Cantor Center for Visual Arts Stanford University, Stanford, CA Sacred Land Hispanic and Indian Cultures of the Southwest Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center (FAC) is an arts center located just north of downtown Colorado Springs. Located on the same city block are the American Numismatic Association and part of the campus of Colorado College. Colorado Springs, CO Exploring African Art; Native American Art; Power and Prestige The Royal Arts of Polynesia Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO Multiple Visions A Common Bond Folk art from more than 100 countries Museum of International Folk Art The Museum of International Folk Art is a state-run institution in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. It is one of eight museums operated by the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. , Santa Fe, NM Art of Cameroon; Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection of Native American Art; Art of the Northwest Coast Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR Traditional Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Utah Museum of Fine Arts The Utah Museum of Fine Arts is located on the University of Utah's campus close to Rice-Eccles Stadium. Works of art are displayed on a rotating basis. External links
Africa Possessed; Katherine White Collection of African Art; Pre-Columbian and Oceanic Art; Australian Aboriginal Art Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA * central states (by closing date) Art of the Lega Meaning and Metaphor in Central Africa October 15, 2005-January 15, 2006 Minneapolis Institute of Arts The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is a comprehensive art museum located in Minneapolis, Minnesota on a campus that covers nearly 8 acres (32,000 m²). It does not charge an entrance fee (although it does charge for some special exhibitions), and allows photography of its permanent , Minneapolis, MN A Fiction of Authenticity Contemporary Africa Abroad September 2006-November 2006 Art Museum of the University of Houston Houston, TX The Quest for Immortality Treasures of Ancient Egypt September 2, 2007-December 31, 2007 Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Art of Africa and the Americas Birmingham Museum of Art Coordinates: The Birmingham Museum of Art is an important regional public art museum, located at 2000 Eighth Ave. North in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. , Birmingham, AL Arts of Africa and the Americas Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago, museum and art school, in Grant Park, facing Michigan Ave. It was incorporated in 1879; George Armour was the first president. Since 1893 the Institute has been housed in its present building, designed in the Italian Renaissance style by , Chicago, IL Africa Gallery; Native American and Oceanic Art Field Museum, Chicago, IL African Musical Instruments, Fabrics and Jewelry Milner Library, Illinois State University, Normal, IL Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Indiana University Art Museum The Indiana University Art Museum was designed by I.M. Pei & Partners as a commission by the board of trustees of Indiana University. Construction began in 1978 and ended in 1982. Bloomington, IN Fiteljorg Gallery of African Art; Arts of Oceania and the Americas Indianapolis Museum of Art The Indianapolis Museum of Art is an art museum in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. History The Indianapolis Museum of Art is among the largest and oldest general art museums in the United States. Indianapolis, IN African Art Collection Des Moines Art Center The Des Moines Art Center is an art museum with an extensive collection of paintings, sculpture, modern art and mixed media. A large exhibition hall rotates through several themes during the year, most of which are featured from one to three months at a time. , Des Moines, IA Arts of Africa; African Furnishings University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA Art and Life in Africa Selections from the Stanley Collection University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA Imperato Africa Gallery Martin and Osa Johnson
Martin Johnson (October 9 1884 – January 13 1937) and his wife Osa Johnson (née Leighty, March 14 1894 – January 7 1953) were adventurers from Kansas, United States. Safari Museum, Chanute, KS The World is a Journey Art in African Life J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY African Gallery; Price Gallery for Native American Art J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas New Orleans Museum of Art The New Orleans Museum of Art (often referred to as NOMA) in New Orleans, Louisiana, was established in 1911 as the Delgado Museum of Art with a bequest from Isaac Delgado. , New Orleans, LA African Art of Dual Worlds University of Michigan Museum of Art The University of Michigan Museum of Art, or UMMA, as it is known locally, resides in the Alumni Memorial Hall of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Built as a war memorial in 1909 for the university's fallen alumni from the Civil War, Alumni Memorial Hall Ann Arbor, MI Oceanic Art Selected Objects from the Collection of Richard Manoogian Detroit Institute of Arts The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), originally named the Detroit Museum of Art, has one of the largest, most significant art collections in the United States. , Detroit, MI Arts of Africa; Art of the Americas Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN Oceanic and pre-Columbian Art; African Art Gallery Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is the preeminent art museum in Kansas City, Missouri. It is considered one of the finest art collections in the United States. History The museum was built on the grounds of Oak Hall, the home of Kansas City Star , Kansas City, MO Oceania; Arts of Africa and the Diaspora Saint Louis Art Museum The Saint Louis Art Museum is rated as one of the principal art museums in the United States and is visited by up to a half million people every year. Admission is free.[1] Located in Forest Park in St. , St. Louis, MO Pre-Columbian, Oceanic, Native American, and African Art Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE Art of Africa; Art of the Americas; African American Prints and Drawings Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, and Native American Art; Video of Masking Performances Cleveland Museum of Art Located in the University Circle neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio, the internationally renowned Cleveland Museum of Art has a permanent collectionof more than 40,000 objects in 70 galleries. , Cleveland, OH Dimensions in Black Art African, Afro-Brazilian, and African-American Art Afro-American Cultural Center Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH Arts of Africa and Oceania Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH African Gallery Toledo Museum of Art The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally known art museum located in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio, United States. The museum was founded by Toledo glassmaker Edward Drummond Libbey in 1901, and moved to its present location, a Greek revival building designed , Toledo, OH African Gallery; Woven Worlds Basketry from the Clark Field Collection Philbrook Museum of Art The Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma is an art museum and former home of Oklahoma oil pioneer Waite Phillips and his wife Genevieve (Elliott) Phillips. As of 2007, the museum has a staff of 60 and an operating budget of nearly $6 million. , Tulsa, OK African Art from the risk University Collection risk University Galleries, Nashville, TN Arts of Africa, Asia and the Pacific Dallas Museum of Art The Dallas Museum of Art is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, USA along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. History , Dallas, TX Sub-Saharan African Art; PreColumbian Art; Glassell Collection of African Gold Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, TX Coffin Display from Ghana American Funeral Service Museum, Houston, TX African Textile Traditions; The Antelope in African Art; The Tuareg Beloit College, Beloit, WI * eastern states (by closing date) Earthen Elegance African Ceramic Vessels from the Newark Museum Collection Through August 14, 2005 The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ Treasures November 17, 2004-August 15, 2005 National Museum of African Art The National Museum of African Art is a museum that is part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.. Located on the National Mall, the museum specializes in African art and culture. , Washington, DC Here Come the Brides Here Come the Brides was a television series aired on the ABC television network from 1968 to 1970. It was loosely based upon the Mercer Girls, Asa Mercer's efforts to bring civilization to old Seattle by importing marriageable women from the east coast of the United States Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Wedding Traditions Through September 4, 2005 The Newark Museum Newark, NJ TEXTures Word and Symbol in Contemporary African Art Through September 5, 2005 National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC Shaped Stones from the Sahara Collection of Margaret and Joseph Knopfelmacher April 10-September 5, 2005 The African Art Museum of the SMA Fathers Tenafly, NJ Where Gods and Mortals Meet Continuity and Renewal in Urhbo Art June 24-September 25, 2005 National Museum of African Art, Washington, DC After the Pharaohs Art of Coptic Egypt 300-1000 A.D. Through November 28, 2006 The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ continuing exhibitions (by state) The Art of the Ancient Americas and the Art of Africa Yale University Art Gallery The Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant and encyclopedic collection of art in several buildings on the campus of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although it embraces all cultures and periods, the Gallery possesses especially renowned collections of early , New Haven, CT Images of Power and Identity; The Art of the Personal Object; The Ancient West African City of Benin, A.D. 1300-1897; The Ancient Nubian City of Kerma, 2500-1500 B.C.; Ceramic Arts at the National Museum of African Art; Sokari Douglas Camp: Three Sculptures National Museum of African Art Washington, DC African Voices National Museum of Natural History For the museum in Manhattan, see . This article is about the museum in Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see National Museum of Natural History (disambiguation). The National Museum of Natural History Washington, DC The Arts of Africa; Pre-Columbian Collection; Alfred I. Barton Collection of SouthWest Native American Art Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami Coral Gables, FL African Masks Black Heritage Museum, Miami, FL Dubois Collection of West African Art; Oceanic Art; Native American Art Appleton Museum of Art, Ocala, FL African Art Collection Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL Tribal Art from Africa, Australasia, and Native America Aboriginals: Art of the First Person, Sanibel, FL Traditional African Art Ritual, Adornment, Everyday Life Albany Museum of Art The Albany Museum of Art is located in Albany, Georgia, U.S. Background The museum is a non-profit organization governed by a 28 member elected board of directors. History The museum was founded in 1964 as the outgrowth of the Southwest Georgia Art Association. , Albany, GA African and Egyptian, Near Eastern, Pre-Columbian, and Oceanic Art Michael C. Carlos Museum The Michael C. Carlos Museum is administered by Emory University on its campus in DeKalb County near Atlanta, Georgia. The Carlos Museum has the largest collections in the Southeast United States of objects from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Near East, and the ancient , Emory University Atlanta, GA The Richman Collection of African Art High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA The Spirit Masks of the Nigerian Igbos Museum of African Tribal Art, Portland, ME Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Baltimore Museum of Art The Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, was founded in 1914. It is located between the Charles Village and Remington neighborhoods, immediately adjacent to the Homewood campus of Johns Hopkins University, though the museum is an independent institution not affiliated , Baltimore, MD Ethiopian Art from the Collection Waiters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD Art of the Ancient World, Egyptian and Nubian Galleries; Arts of Africa and Oceania Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, and contains one of the largest permanent museum collections in the Americas. , Boston, MA Traditional Tribal Art Hamill Gallery of African Art, Boston, MA Encounters with the Americas; Ju/Wasi: Bushmen of the Kalahari Peabody Museum, Harvard University Cambridge, MA African, Ancient American and Oceanic Galleries North Carolina Museum of Art The North Carolina Museum of Art is an art museum that houses the art collections of North Carolina. It is located in Raleigh, NC. Museum The museum has an extensive permanent collection which is free to visit. , Raleigh, NC Forms and Forces Art from Africa, New Guinea, Australia, and Indonesia Museum Primitives, Haddonfield, NJ Africa, The Arts of Power; Design in Native American Art; Faces of Worship A Yoruba God in Two Worlds Newark Museum, Newark, NJ African, Native American, and pre-Columbian Art Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ African Art and Culture African Art Museum of the S.M.A Fathers, Tenafly, NJ African Gallery; Art of the Pacific and the Americas Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY African Sculptures Simmons Collection African Arts Museum Brooklyn, NY Contemporary African Art Contemporary African Art Gallery, New York, NY African Art Farid Tawa Gallery, New York, NY Primitive and Modern Arts Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York, NY Egyptian Art Galleries; The Jan Mitchell Treasury 250 gold objects from all the goldworking areas of the ancient Americas Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY African, Oceania, and the Americas Rockefeller Wing, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY African Art Pace Primitive, New York, NY African Art Warri Gallery, New York, NY African Art from the Permanent Collection Neuberger Museum of Art, State University of New York (body) State University of New York - (SUNY) The public university system of New York State, USA, with campuses throughout the state. , Purchase, NY Arts of West Africa Charles D. Miller III Gallery, St. James, NY Jambo! African Art from the Permanent Collection Everson Museum of Art The Everson Museum of Art, in Downtown Syracuse, New York, is a major Central New York museum focusing on American art. History The museum was founded in 1897 by art historian George Fisk Comfort (who also helped found the Metropolitan Museum of Art); at that time, it Syracuse, NY African, Ancient American, and Oceanic Galleries North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC African Art From Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo and Nigeria Charles Jones African Art, Wilmington, NC Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania Museum of Anthropology, Winston-Salem, NC African Art Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA African Gallery; Egypt and Mesopotamia; Mesoamerican Art; Native American Art University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA Photography and the Art of Ethnography The Kujamaat Jeola of Senegal in the 1960s; Passionate Hobby Rudolf Haffenreffer and the King Philip Museum Masterpieces of Native American art from the museum founder's collection Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Bristol, RI African-American Art; Native American Art; African Arts Power, Beauty, Community Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Galleries Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA Spirit of the Motherland African Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA * canada (by closing date) Beads of Life Eastern and Southern African Adornments April 15, 2005-February 26, 2006 Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, QC continuing exhibitions (by province) Where Symbols Meet A Celebration of West African Achievement Glenbow Museum, Calgary, AL African Collection Museum of Anthropology University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC The Nubia Gallery; Ontario Prehistory Gallery Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, ON African, Oceanic, Amerindian, Inuit, and pre-Columbian Art Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, QC * europe (by closing date) Fire This Time June 30-July 30, 2005 October Gallery London, UK Ekoi e "Cross River" Through July 31, 2005 Totem Gallery, Venice, Italy Black Gods in Exile Photographs by Pierre Fatumbi Verger Through August 28, 2005 Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany Dogon Mythe en Werkelijkheid van een Afrikaans Volk Through August 28, 2005 Rijksmuseum veer Volkenkunde Leiden, The Netherlands Afrika: Kunst und Kultur Through September 2005 Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin, Germany Prestige and Vision Fine Traditional West African Textiles Through September 12, 2005 Deutsches Ledermuseum, Offenbach, Germany Congo: Nature and Culture Through October 2, 2005 Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgium Two Cameroonian Photographers Photographs by Samuel Finlak and Chila Joseph October-November, 2005 The Zandra Rhodes Gallery, Kent Institute of Art and Design, Rochester, England Romuald Hazoume October 6-November 5, 2005 October Gallery, London, UK Black Gods in Exile Photographs by Pierre Fatumbi Verger October 13, 2005-January 31, 2006 Staatliches Museum for V01kerkunde Munich, Germany Flowers of the Nile Tapestries from the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art School January-March, 2006 The Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London, England continuing exhibitions. (by country) Art of Africa; Pre-columbian Art; Indians of North America; Polynesian Art Museum for Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria Art and Ethnography from Africa, Oceania and the Americas Etnografisch Museum, Antwerp, Belgium Masked Celebrations and Traditions in Africa, Oceania, Europe and the New World Musee International du Carnaval et du Masque Binche, Belgium Africa Art, archaeology, cultural anthropology, and history Africa-Museum, Tervuren, Belgium Ethnographical Treasures National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark Transatlantic Slavery Against Human Dignity Merseyside Maritime Museum, Liverpool, England West Africa Bronzes from Benin City, woodcarving from Yoruba and Ibo areas Liverpool Museum, Liverpool, England Contemporary African Artists Africa Centre, London, England African History and Achievements Commonwealth Institute London, England African Worlds; Arts of the Pacific Horniman Museum, London, England Sainsbury African Galleries British Museum, London, England African and World Art, Ethnography, and Archaeology; Body Arts Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England Art et Traditions d'Afrique Noire Musee Africain, Lyon, France Art from Africa, Oceania, and the Americas Musee d'Arts Africains, Oceaniens, Amerindiens Marseilles, France Arts Premiers Musee du Louvre, Paris, France * africa continuing exhibitions (by country) Mute Testimonies SANG Permanent Collection South African National Gallery Cape Town, South Africa The Horstmann Collection of Southern African Art; The Foundation Collection; New, Used & Improved Contemporary South African art; Secular and Spiritual Objects of Mediation on Views from Within; Permanent Collection of Southern African Traditional/Transitional Art Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa The Permanent Collections at MuseumAfrica MuseumAfrica, Johannesburg, South Africa Nigerian Art: The Meneghelli Collection Totem Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa The Standard Bank Collection of African Art University of the Witwatersrand Art Galleries Johannesburg, South Africa Art from West Africa Totem Galleries: Rosebank, Carlton, Sandton Johannesburg, South Africa Contemporary South African Art from the Permanent Collection Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria, South Africa |
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