From an Upper East Side townhouse to a SoHo storefront to a Long Island City industrial space, New York City’s Museum for African Art has had three different homes since opening to the public in 1984. While this nomadic existence was somewhat fitting for a fledgling institution showcasing the art of Africa and the African Diaspora, the growing museum required a world-class facility to handle and display the ancient objects, intricate crafts, and contemporary works that constitute its expanding series of temporary exhibitions.
That new facility, located at Fifth Avenue and 110th Street and overlooking Central Park, will link Manhattan’s famed Museum Mile to Harlem when it opens in April 2011. “The museum bridges cultures, but also shows our common humanity through African art,” says museum president Elsie McCabe Thompson.
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