The Museum for African Art is located in the neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens in New York City (USA). Founded in 1984, the museum is "dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture." The museum is also well know for its public education programs that help raise awareness of African culture, and also operates a unique store selling authentic hand-made African crafts.
Begun as the Center for African Art, the Museum for African Art's founding director was Susan Mullin Vogel, who had previously worked as Associate Curator in the Department of Primitive Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. During her time at the Museum for African Art, Vogel curated and organized ground-breaking exhibitions which put into question ways in which African art is presented to Western audiences, and how museum practices structure knowledge for the public. The most well-known of these exhibitions are "Art/Artifact: African Art in Anthropology Collections" in 1988, "Exhibition-ism: Museums and African Art" in 1994, and "Africa Explores: 20th-Century African Art" in 1991.
Address
36-01 43rd Avenue at 36th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
Tel: 718-784-7700
Fax: 718-784-7718
Hours
Monday - Friday 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Admission
General $5.00
Seniors/children/students $2.50
Open to school groups by appointment
Directions
By subway:
Take #7 Local from Times Square, Bryant Park, or Grand Central to 33rd Street Station. Three blocks up to 36th Street, one block left from Queens Boulevard to 43rd Avenue. The Museum is on the corner.
By bus:
From Manhattan: Q32 stopping at 35th Street and Queens Boulevard. One block to 36th Street, one block left to 43rd Avenue. Q60 from 59th St. at stops between 2nd and East End Aves. to Queens Blvd/33rd St. Within Queens: Q39 to Thompson Ave/31St.
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