The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art has announced the exhibition “ Tsedaye Makonnen—Sanctuary.” Opening Dec. 13 and remaining an ongoing display, the exhibition features seven sculptures ...

John K. Lapiana and Heran Sereke-Brhanas will lead the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art in Washington, D.C.

About the National Museum of African Art The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art is the only museum in the world dedicated solely to the collection, conservation, study and exhibition of ...

Warren M. Robbins, 85, founder of the Museum of African Art, forerunner to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art, died Dec. 4 at George Washington University Hospital of complications ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture unveiled “In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World”—its first international touring exhibition—Dec. 13.

Bringing Africa to the World The new director of the National Museum of African Art talks about his passion for sharing the astonishing breadth of his parents’ continent.

The National Museum of African Art, the only United States museum devoted to the art of Africa, selected Mr. Agboola as one of seven new board members during its 60th anniversary year. The tech ...

The appointment of Bénédicte Savoy underscores France’s changing views on the issue of returning artifacts that were wrongly ...

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According to its website, the museum’s mission is to capture and share the “unvarnished truth of African American history and culture” by connecting stories, scholarship, art and artifacts ...