Current events.Information subject to change * Western states (by closing date) Power Dressing Men's Fashion and Prestige in Africa December 2006-February 2007 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 Being Tuareg Saharan Nomads in a Modern World October 29, 2006 February 27, 2007 Fowler Museum of Cultural History, UCLA Los Angeles, CA Anxious Objects Willie Cole's Favorite Brands June 15-September 2, 2007 Frye Art Museum Seattle, WA Art of Being Tuareg Saharan Nomads in a Modern World May 9-August 19, 2007 Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Stanford, CA Anxious Objects Willie Cole's Favorite Brands September 26, 2007-January 7, 2008 Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University Stanford, CA Continuing exhibitions (by state) Phoebe Hearst Museum Approaching a Century of Anthropology Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology University of California Berkeley, 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 African Art in Context Cantor Center for Visual Arts Stanford University, Stanford, CA 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, Santa Fe, NM Art of Cameroon; Elizabeth Cole Butler Collection of Native American Art; Art of the Northwest Coast Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR 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) Hatshepsut From Queen to Pharaoh August 27-December 31, 2006 Kimbell Art Museum Fort Worth, TX Anxious Objects Willie Cole's Favorite Brands mid-September-mid-December, 2006 Sheldon Memorial Art Museum Lincoln, NE The Architecture of Gee's Bend Quilts October 8-December 31, 2006 Indianapolist Museum of Art Indianapolist, IN Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs May 26, 2006-January 1, 2007 Field Museum Chicago, IL Siyazama Traditional Arts, Education, and AIDS in South Africa through January 7, 2007 East Lansing. MI I Do Wedding gowns and nuptial attire June 11, 2006 February 2007 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 Accidentally on Purpose Improvisational African-American Quilts November 18, 2006-February 11, 2007 Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA AfroCuba Works on Paper, 1968-2003 February 25-June 3, 2007 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN West African Ceramic Vessels February 6, 2006-July 7, 2007 Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN continuing exhibitions (by state) 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 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 Eiteljorg Gallery of African Art; Arts of Oceania and the Americas Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN Arts of Africa; African Furnishings; Time and Space in African Art; Art and Life in Africa Selections from the Stanley Collection University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA 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 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 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 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, 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
* eastern states (by closing date) Africa Comics November 15, 2006-March 18, 2007 Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY Other Heroes African American Comic Book Characters and Creators April 3-25, 2007 Jackson State University Art Gallery, Jackson, MI Picture Stories A Celebration of African American Illustrators March 24-June 10, 2007 Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art Amherst, MA Art of the Congo Selections and Gifts from the Norma Canelas and William D. Roth Collection June 17, 2006-June 10, 2007 Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL After the Pharaohs The Art of Coptic Egypt, 300-1000 AD through November 28, 2006 Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ Mexican Vogue September 6, 2006--January 15, 2007 Newark Art Museum, Newark, NJ Resonance from the Past African Sculpture from the 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. October 5, 2006--January 28, 2007 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 Anxious Objects Willie Cole's Favorite Brands January 20-March 18, 2007 Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY Continuity and Change Three Generations of Ethiopian Artists January 23-May 6, 2007 Samuel P. Ham Museum of Art, Gainesville, FL Power Dressing Men's Fashion and Prestige in Africa March May 2007 Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN Anxious Objects Willie Cole's Favorite Brands April-June 2007 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 William H. Johnson's World on Paper May 19-August 12, 2007 Philadephia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA Coaxing the Spirits to Dance Art of the Papuan Gulf October 24, 2006-September 2, 2007 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY Mystery September 2007-January 2008 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts The Virginia Museum of Fine arts, or ‘’’VMFA’’’ is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia. It is one of the first museums in the American South to be operated by state funds. , Richmond, VA Eternal Ancestors The Art of the Central African Reliquary October 2007-March 2008 Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, NY Darkroom Photography and New Media in South Africa The media of South Africa has a large and flourishing mass media sector and is the African continent's major media player. While South Africa's many broadcasters and publications reflect the diversity of the population as a whole, the most commonly used language is English, 1950--present Spring 2009 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 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; The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection 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 Tribal Art from Africa, Australasia, and Native America Aboriginals: Art of the First Person, Sanibel, FL 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 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 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. , MA Encounters with the Americas; Ju/Wasi: Bushmen of the Kalahari Peabody Museum, Harvard University Cambridge, MA 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 Contemporary African Art Contemporary African Art 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 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 African Gallery; Egypt and Mesopotamia; Mesoamerican Art; Native American Art University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology is an archaeology and anthropology museum that is part of the University of Pennsylvania in University City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, PA Spirit of the Motherland African Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA * canada (by closing date) The Art of Mall August 13, 2006-August 8, 2007 Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queens University Kingston, Ontario 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 Locations Vancouver The Vancouver campus is located at Point Grey, a twenty-minute drive from downtown Vancouver. It is near several beaches and has views of the North Shore mountains. The 7. , 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 The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (French: Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal) is a major art museum in Montreal, Canada. It was founded in 1860, making it Canada's oldest art institution. , Montreal, QC * europe (by closing date) Heilige und Helden Athiopiens zeitgenossische Malerei im traditionellen Stil July 12, 2006-March 11, 2007 Volkerkundemuseum der Universitat Zurich Zurich, Switzerland Treasured Textiles Cloth and Clothing Around the World May 20, 2006-April 22, 2007 Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK Food Traditions, Taboos, and Delicacies October 15, 2006-August 26, 2007 National Museum of Ethnology Leiden Leiden, The Netherlands continuing exhibitions (by country) Art of Africa; Pre-columbian Art; Indians of North America; Polynesian Art Museum for Volkerkunde, Vienna, Austria Africa Art, archaeology, cultural anthropology, and history Africa-Museum, Tervuren, Belgium 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 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 Arts Premiers Musee du Louvre Louvre (l  `vrə), foremost French museum of art, located in Paris. The building was a royal fortress and palace built by Philip II in the late 12th cent. , Paris, France Kunst aus West- und Zentral Afrika; Kulturen und Geschichte Afrikas Museum fur Volkerkunde, Hamburg, Germany African Art Staatliches Museum for Volkerkunde Munich, Germany Africa and Oceania Museo Preistorico Etnografico "L. Pigorini," Rome, Italy Africa South of the Sahara KIT Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands Society and Religion Afrika Museum, Berg en Dal, Netherlands African Art; Treasury Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, Netherlands The Sahel Daily Life and Survival Museon, Department of Ethnology The Hague, Netherlands Village Life in Lower Zaire National Museum of Ethnography, Stockholm, Sweden African, Oceanic, and Native American Art Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland African Masks and Handicrafts, Berber Jewelry, Akan Goldweights, Bamum Drawings and Writing Musee d'Ethnographie, Geneva Geneva, canton and city, Switzerland Geneva (jənē`və), Fr. Genève, canton (1990 pop. 373,019), 109 sq mi (282 sq km), SW Switzerland, surrounding the southwest tip of the Lake of Geneva. , Switzerland Art from Antiquity and Tribal Civilizations Musee Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, Switzerland Egypt; Black Africa; Cabinet de Meuron Musee d'Ethnographie, Neuchatel, Switzerland Traditional African Art Gallery Walu, Zurich, Switzerland African and Oceanic Art From the Baron Eduard von der Heydt Collection Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland * africa continuing exhibitions (by country) Mute Testimonies SANG Permanent Collection South African National Gallery The South African National Gallery is the national art gallery of South Africa located in Cape Town. The collection began in 1872 with the donation of Sir Thomas Butterworth's personal gallery. , Cape Town, South Africa Affinities Paintings, sculptures, craftwork, and photographs demonstrating cross-cultural interaction in South Africa South African National Gallery Cape Town, South Africa Nigerian Art: The Meneghelli Collection; Art from West Africa Totem Galleries: Rosebank, Carlton, Sandton Johannesburg, South Africa The Standard Bank Collection of African Art University of the Witwatersrand Due to the 1959 Extension of University Education Act the school was only allowed to register a small number of black students for most of the apartheid era, even though several notable black anti-apartheid leaders graduated from the university. Art Galleries Johannesburg, South Africa Sisonke: Symbols of Identity; Traditional African Art; Story of People in Southern Africa Archaeology of South African Stone and Iron Ages, San rock art Natal Museum Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa Contemporary South African Art from the Permanent Collection Pretoria Art Museum Pretoria, South Africa Tsonga and North Sotho Art Tzaneen Museum Tzaneen, South Africa Permanent Collection National Gallery of Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe |
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