"The Arts of Africa" Exhibition
Permanent event
At Brooklyn Museum
Media: Sculpture, Crafts
Over 250 works spanning more than 2,500 years represent art from the African continent in the Museum's first-floor galleries. Additional related art from ancient Egypt and Islamic North Africa can be found in the second- and third-floor galleries. The art on view in the first-floor galleries ranges from ancient Nubian pottery and sculpture, Berber jewelry, and West African masks to East African beadwork, Ethiopian processional crosses, and a contemporary ceramic vessel by the Kenya-born artist Magdalene Odondo. The main focus of the African collections is on sculpture from West and Central Africa.
Schedule
Permanent event
Artist(s)
Magdalene Odondo et al.
Fee
Suggested Contributions: Adults $8, Seniors and Students $4, Members and Children under 12 and First Saturday of the month 5pm to 11pm Free
Venue Hours
From 10:00 To 17:00
saturdays opening at 11:00, sundays opening at 11:00, saturdays closing at 18:00, sundays closing at 18:00
Closed on Mondays, Tuesdays
Note:First Saturday of the month 11am to 11pm
Maps
Access
Subway: 2/3 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum
Address
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Phone: 718-638-5000 Fax: 718-501-6136
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Venue: Brooklyn Museum
Schedule: Permanent event
Address: 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Phone: 718-638-5000 Fax: 718-501-6136
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