Africa Museum
The Africa Museum (Dutch: Afrika Museum) is a museum in Berg en Dal in the Netherlands. The museum has indoor and open-air display areas. It covers art, culture, music, photographs, videos and architecture of Africa.[1]
Apart from displaying traditional historic sculptures, the museum focuses on exhibiting contemporary art produced in Africa and the diaspora such as North and South America and the Caribbean, especially on the islands of Cuba, Haiti and Curaçao. The section on religion and society displays artefacts regarding the cycle of life, healing, fighting off the evil. Outside, the visitors can experience rebuilt African architecture such as a Kusasi compound from Ghana, a Dogon village from Mali and pile dwellings from Benin.[2]
Indoor exhibition
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Senufo sculpture, Ivory Coast
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Mau mask, Ivory Coast
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Ekpo mask
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Magbetu, Congo
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Mbamba grave stone, Angola
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Wooden sculpture
Outdoor exhibition
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Dogon house
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Houses with murals
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Tower
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African village
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Baka Pygmies village
References
- ↑ Vadi, Valentina; Schneider, Hildegard E.G.S., eds. (2014). Art, cultural heritage and the market : ethical and legal issues. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. p. 166. ISBN 9783642450945.
- ↑ Bal, Mieke; Janssen, Edwin (1996). Double exposures : the subject of cultural analysis. New York: Routledge. p. 195. ISBN 9780415917032.
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