Current events.Information subject to change * western states (by closing date) Basquiat July 17 October 10, 2005 Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, CA Carnaval in Africa Photographs of Guinea Bissau by Doran H. Ross September 7-October 29, 2005 Fowler Museum of Cultural History Los Angeles, CA Looking Both Ways Art of the Contemporary African Diaspora September 2-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 continuing exhibitions (by state) Phoebe Hearst Museum Approaching a Century of Anthropology Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). 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 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 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, 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
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Africa Possessed; Katherine White Collection of African Art; Australian Aboriginal Art; Pre-Columbian and Oceanic 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-November 2006 Art Museum of the University of Houston Houston, TX The Quest for Immortality Treasures of Ancient Egypt September 2-December 31,2007 Museum of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, chartered and incorporated (1870) after a decision by the Boston Athenaeum, Harvard, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to pool their collections of art objects and house them in adequate public galleries. Houston, TX 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 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, JA Arts of Africa; African Furnishings 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
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 Kansas City, Me 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
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) Artists and Patrons in Traditional African Cultures African Sculpture from the Gary Schutze Collection Through September 30, 2005 Queensborough Community College Art Gallery Bayside, NY Where Gods and Mortals Meet Continuity and Renewal in Urhobo Art June 24-September 25, 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 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 , Emery 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; JuANasi: 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 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 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 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 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. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Richmond, VA * canada Beads of Life Eastern and Southern African Adornments through February 26, 2006 Canadian Museum of Civilization The Canadian Museum of Civilization (CMC) is Canada’s national museum of human history and the most-visited museum in the country.[1] It is located in Gatineau, Quebec, directly across the Ottawa River from Canada’s Parliament Buildings. Gatineau, PQ 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) 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 Volkerkunde Munich, Germany Flowers of the Nile Tapestries from the Ramses Wissa Wassef Art School January March, 2006 The Brunei Gallery, SOAS London, England Bresil, heritage africain September 22, 2005-March 26, 2006 Musee Dapper Paris, France continuing exhibitions (by country) Art of Africa; Pre-Columbian Art; Indians of North America; Polynesian Art Museum fur 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 Rwers 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 fur Volkerkunde, Hamburg, Germany African Art Reiss-Museum, Mannheim, Germany African Art Staatliches Museum fur 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
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 |
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