Current events.Information subject to change * western states (by closing date) 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 Native American Art from the Peabody Essex Museum November 6, 2005-January 29, 2006 Washington State Historical Society, Tacoma, WA Conflict and Art June 7 August 27, 2006 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 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 Fiber, Feather, Shell and Stone Shaping Culture in Native California; Power and Creation Africa beyond the Nile; Realms of the Ancestors Arts of Oceania Vision of the Shaman, Song of the Priest Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa Ana, CA Africa, Oceania, and the Americas African Art in Context Cantor Center for Visual Arts Stanford University, Stanford, CA 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 The Portland Art Museum (PAM) in Portland, Oregon, United States, was founded in the last days of 1892, making it the oldest art museum in the Pacific Northwest. Upon completion of the most recent renovations, Portland Art Museum became one of the twenty-five largest art museums in , Portland, OR Africa Possessed; Katherine White Collection of African Art; Pre-Columbian and Oceanic Art; Australian Aboriginal Art Australian Aboriginal art is art done by Australian Aborigines, covering art that pre-dates European colonisation as well as contemporary art by Aborigines based on traditional culture. Seattle Art Museum The Seattle Art Museum (commonly known as "SAM") is an art museum located in downtown Seattle, Washington USA. Admission is free on the first Thursday of each month. , Seattle, WA * central states (by closing date) Variations on a Theme Three "Olumeye" by Olowe of Ise September 18, 2005-January 15, 2006 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 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 For Hearth and Altar African Ceramics from the Keith Achepohl Collection December 3, 2005 February 20, 2006 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 A Fiction of Authenticity Contemporary Africa Abroad September 2006-November 2006 Art Museum of the University of Houston, Houston, TX continuing exhibitions (by state) Arts of Africa and the Americas Art Institute of Chicago, 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 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 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 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 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 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 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, Dallas, TX Sub-Saharan African Art; PreColumbian Art; Glassell Collection of African Gold Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
* eastern states (by closing date) Imaging and Identity African Art from the Lowe Art Museum and South Florida Collections December 3, 2005-January 22, 2006 Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL Engaging the Camera African Women, Portraits, and the Photographs of Hector Acebes December 3, 2005-January 22, 2006 Lowe Art Museum, Coral Gables, FL continuing exhibitions (by state) The Art of the Ancient Americas and 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 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. ; Sokari Douglas Camp: Three Sculptures National Museum of African Art. Washington, DC African Masks Black Heritage Museum, Miami. 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 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 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 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 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 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 Barnes Foundation, Merion, PA 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 (by closing date) 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 Joshua's Journey A Black Cowboy Rides the Chisolm Trail October 8, 2005-January 22, 2006 Canadian Museum of Civilization, 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) 15 Frauen und 8 Ahnen Leben und Glauben der Bulsa in Nordghana June 30-December 31, 2005 Westfalisches Museum fur Naturkunde Munster, Germany 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, SEAS, London, England Africa Screams Das Bose in Kino kino the juice of certain plants, some tropical and some Australian eucalypts, used in medicine as an astringent. , Kunst, und Kult July 9, 2005-March 12, 2006 Museum der Weltkulturen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany 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 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 Worlds; Arts of the Pacific Horniman Museum, London, England African and World Art, Ethnography, and Archaeology; Body Arts Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, England Arts d'Afrique (Maghreb Compris) et d'Oceanie Musee des Arts d'Afrique et d'Oceanie, 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: Art from Cameroon, Nigeria, East Africa Linden Museum, Stuttgart, 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 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
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 Traditional African Art Gallery Walu, 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 The Horstmann Collection of Southern African Art; The Foundation Collection; New, Used & Improved contemporary South African art; 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 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 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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