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* 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 The Frye Art Museum is an art museum located on Seattle, Washington, USA's First Hill. The museum emphasizes painting and sculpture from the nineteenth century to the present. Its holdings originate in the private collection of Charles (1858-1940) and Emma (d. 1934) Frye.  

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 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

Pre-Columbian Gold; Lando Hall of California and Southwest History

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA in 1913 as the Museum of History, Science, and Art. The moving force behind it was a museum association founded in 1910.  

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

Pre-Columbian Art

Santa Barbara Museum of Art Coordinates:

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is an art museum located at 1130 State St. in downtown Santa Barbara, California.

It was founded in 1941 and currently ranks amongst the top 10 regional art museums in the United States .
 

Santa Barbara, 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

A Victorian Gentleman's Look at the World

Artifacts from Africa, Oceania, and other regions

Rosemount Victorian House Museum

Pueblo, CO

Ancestors; Peoples of the Southwest

11,000 years of the cultural heritage of the American Southwest

Maxwell Museum of Anthropology The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology is an anthropology museum located on the University of New Mexico campus in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The museum was founded in 1932 as the Museum of Anthropology of the University of New Mexico, becoming the first public museum in Albuquerque.  

University of New Mexico The University of New Mexico (UNM) is a public university in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was founded in 1889. It also offers multiple bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and professional degree programs in all areas of the arts, sciences, and engineering. , Albuquerque, NM

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

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
  • UMFA's Official Website
 

University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT

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)

A Fiction of Authenticity

Contemporary Africa Abroad

September 2006-November 2006

Art Museum of the University of Houston

Houston, TX

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

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

Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs

May 26, 2006-January 1, 2007

Field Museum, Chicago, IL

I Do

Wedding gowns and nuptial attire

June 11, 2006-February 2007

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Indianapolis, IN

AfroCuba

Works on Paper, 1968-2003

February 25-June 3, 2007

Indianapolis Museum of Art

Indianapolis, IN

continuing exhibitions

(by state)

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

Eiteljorg Gallery of African Art; Arts of Oceania and the Americas

Indianapolis Museum of Art

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; 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

Imperato Africa Gallery

Objects from the Sahara, the Sahel, Nigeria,

Central Africa, and the Coastal Rain Forest

Martin and Osa Johnson
For the rugby player Martin Johnson see Martin 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 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

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 Fisk University Collection

Fisk 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
For other places with the same name, see Museum of Fine Arts.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), located in Houston, is the largest art museum in the State of Texas and the largest art museum in the USA east of Los Angeles, south of Chicago,
 

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)

African Gold

from the Glassell Collection,

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

May 26-November 26, 2006

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

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

Anxious Objects

Willie Cole's Favorite Brands

January 20-March 18, 2007

Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, NY

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

Birmingham, AL

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

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

Ancestors of the Incas;

Orlando Museum of Art

Orlando, FL

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

Walters Art Museum

Baltimore, MD

Art of the Ancient World, Egyptian and Nubian Galleries; Arts of Africa and Oceania

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
For other places with the same name, see Museum of Fine Arts.


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

Pacific Cultures

Peabody Museum of Salem

Salem, 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

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

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 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

Photography and the Art of Ethnography

The Kujamaat Joola 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

Believing Africa

Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology is Brown University's anthropology museum, set within 376 acres (1.52 km²) of woodland on the shores of Mount Hope Bay on Tower Street, Bristol, Rhode Island, and with a satellite location on the university campus in Providence, Rhode Island.  

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

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)

The "Other" in Perspective Carl and Georges Passavant: Travel Photographs from Africa and China, 1883-1889

May 5-November 12, 2006

Museum der Kulturen

Basel, Switzerland

Maya-Textilien aus Guatemala

"Kleider fur die Seele"

April 7, 2006-January 28, 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

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

Art and Ethnography from the Americas and Oceania

Naprstek Museum, Prague, Czech Republic

Ethnographical Treasures

National Museum of Denmark The National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen is Denmark’s central museum of cultural history, comprising the histories of Danish and foreign cultures, alike.

The museum has a number of national commitments, particularly within the following key areas: archaeology,
 

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 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

African Gallery

Musee de I'Homme, Paris, France

Arts d'Afrique (Maghreb Compris) et d'Oceanie

Musee des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie

Paris, France

Sculptures and Masks from Africa

Gallery African and Tribal Arts

Berlin, Germany

Kunst aus West- und Zentral Afrika; Kulturen und Geschichte Afrikas

Museum for Volkerkunde

Hamburg, Germany

African Art

Reiss-Museum, Mannheim, Germany

African Art

Staatliches Museum for Volkerkunde

Munich, Germany

Africa: Art from Cameroon, Nigeria, East Africa

Linden-Museum, Stuttgart, Germany

Ancient Egypt

National Museum of Ireland The National Museum of Ireland (NMI), or Ard-Mhúsaem na hÉireann in Irish, is the national museum in Ireland. It has three centres in Dublin and one in County Mayo, with a strong emphasis on Irish art, culture and natural history. , Dublin, Ireland

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

Wider World

Art of Africa, Americas, and Oceania

National Museums of Scotland The National Museums of Scotland are the several national museums of Scotland. List of national museums
  • The National Museum of Scotland, comprising two linked museums on Chambers Street, in the Old Town of Edinburgh:
 

Edinburgh, Scotland

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)

O-Kun: An African Civilization and its Neighbours

O-kun Museum, Akodi Afrika

Ilorin, Nigeria

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

Southern African Tribal Art

Afri-Karner Museum, Franschhoek, South Africa

Southern African Beadwork and Artifacts

Fiona le Blanc Gallery

Rosebank, Johannesburg, 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

Traditional South African Artifacts; Contemporary South African Crafts

Kim Sacks Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

Nigerian Art: The Meneghelli Collection

Totem Gallery

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

Art from West Africa

Totem Galleries: Rosebank, Carlton, Sandton

Johannesburg, South Africa

African Art

La Rochelle Gallery, Paarl, 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

African Art

Les Art International

Saxonwold, South Africa

Tsonga and North Sotho Art

Tzaneen Museum, Tzaneen, South Africa

Permanent Collection

National Gallery of Zimbabwe

Harare, Zimbabwe

* australia

continuing exhibitions

Australian Aboriginal Art Art Gallery of Western Australia This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article.  Perth, Western Australia

* middle east

continuing exhibitions

Faith-Dorian and Martin Wright Gallery of African Art

Israel Museum

Jerusalem, Israel

* south america

continuing exhibitions

Acervo Africano e Afro-Brasileiro Museu de Arqueologia e Ethnologia Sao Paulo, Brazil
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