Washington, United States

National Museum of African Art

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art is the only national museum in the United States dedicated to the collection, exhibition, conservation, and study of the arts of Africa. Founded in 1964 as a private institution and incorporated into the Smithsonian in 1979, it moved to its current largely underground galleries on the National Mall, designed by Jean Paul Carlhian, in 1987. Its collection of more than 12,000 objects spans the continent and millennia, from ancient Nubian and Benin works to modern and contemporary African and diasporic art, photography, and design.

The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and North Africa, 300,000 photographs, and 50,000 library volumes. It was the first institution dedicated to African art in the United States and remains the largest collection. The Washington Post called the museum a mainstay in the international art world and the main venue for contemporary African art in the United States. Source: Wikipedia