The museum is saddened to report of the death of Founding Director Warren M. Robbins. Read his obituary here.


Click here for the latest programs happening in the museum. Childrens workshops, adult lectures, films and more are happening at African Art all the time.

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Desert Jewels: North African Jewelry and Photography from the Xavier Guerrand-Hermès Collection
Black Gold I
TxtStyles/Fashioning Identity
African Vision: The Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection
El Anatsui's Nukae-1





Africa in Motion
Watch, listen and learn as Kankouran West African Dance Company performs in the museum.



Awards
The Museum is very pleased to report that our web site won multiple awards from the 2008 International W3 web awards competition.



For kids
"Playtime!" includes drawing and design activities, music, and much more.



Listen
Radio Africa streams complete tracks from the collections of Smithsonian Global Sound.



Research
The Warren M. Robbins Library is the major resource center in the world for the research and study of the visual arts of Africa.



Current Podcasts
A list of all museum podcasts is available here.

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