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The Museum for
African Art The Museum has
produced over 40 widely acclaimed exhibitions and
catalogues exploring aspects of Africa's rich
artistic traditional and cultural heritage. Since
its inception, the Museum exhibitions have traveled
to over 70 national and international museums,
giving them greater access to high quality African
shows. Well over 3 million visitors outside New
York City have seen exhibitions organized by the
Museum for African Art. Through
exhibitions and catalogues of the highest aesthetic
and scholarly merit, the Museum offers: definitive
research, scholarship on African cultural groups
and their regional influences; thematic comparisons
and explorations of artistic ideas reflected in the
great variety of cultures in Africa; innovative
methods of display and interpretation of African
art to involve audiences directly in the exhibition
process; and programs that stimulate lifelong
learning and appreciation of African
art. In 1984, the
Center for African Art was founded as a venue to
mount special exhibitions on African art. In the
fall of 1992, the Center, then located on East 68th
Street, changed its name to the Museum for African
Art, a name that more accurately reflect the
institution's expanded activities. In February
1993, the Museum moved to Manhattan's SoHo
District. Acclaimed designer Maya Lin, creator of
the National Vietnam Veterans' Memorial,
re-designed the Museum's interior. The Museum also
joined the new "SoHo Museum Row" community along
with neighboring institutions such as the
Guggenheim Museum SoHo and the New Museum of
Contemporary Art. Now, as a step in
our long-term plan to build a permanent home for
the Museum at 110th Street and Fifth Avenue in
Manhattan, we have relocated to interim space in
Long Island City, Queens, where we will maintain a
full schedule of exhibitions and public and
educational programs for several years. We are
pleased to be part of the vital community of arts
organizations now calling Long Island City
home. The Museum for
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The
Museum for African Art is dedicated to increasing
public understanding and appreciation of African
art and culture. Recognized worldwide as the
pre-eminent organizer of exhibitions and publishers
of books devoted exclusively to historical and
contemporary African art. 