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Museums

Museums in Africa and some of those around the World with significant collections in African Archaeology and Art

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African Museum Associations:

AFRICOM - International Council of African Museums

Commonwealth Association of Museums

International Council of African Museums Facebook page

Society for the Promotion of Museums in Ethiopia

Internet Resources Lists for African Museums:

List of African national cultural heritage departments from The World Wide Web Library of African Archaeology "Cultural Heritage Departments" page

List of Museums in South Africa from SouthAfrica.info

Smithsonian Institution Libraries List of Museums in the United States with Collections of African Art

Global Museums with Sizable African Archaeology and Art Collections and Online Exhibitions and Other Resources: 

The Africa Center

American Museum of Natural History Anthropology Collections

Art Institute of Chicago

Baltimore Museum of Art

British Museum

Brooklyn Museum African Arts Collection

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Dallas Museum of Art

Detroit Institute of Art

Ethnologisches Museum

The Field Museum

Fowler Museum at UCLA

Hampton University Museum

Harn Museum of Art

High Museum of Art Atlanta

Hood Museum of Art

Indiana University Art Museum

Indianapolis Museum of Art

iziko Museums of South Africa

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Menil Arts of Africa collection

Musée des arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, Paris

Musée du Quai Branly, Paris

Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgium

Museum of Fine Arts Boston

National Museum of African American History & Culture (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum of African Art (Smithsonian Institution)

National Museum, Bloemfontein

National Museums of Kenya

Natural History Museum of Zimbabwe

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Museum 

Newark Museum

New Orleans Museum of Art

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

Seattle Art Museum

Skoto Gallery 

Tervuren Royal Museum of Central Africa

University of Iowa Museum of Art

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

University of Pretoria Museums

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

 

 

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