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Welcome to the National Museum of African Art

At the National Museum of African Art we inspire conversations about the beauty, power, and diversity of African arts and cultures worldwide.

950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560

202-633-4600
202.357.4879 (fax)
nmafaweb@si.edu

10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily except December 25.

Admission is free.

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Online Exhibition: Backtalk: Artists on Native, African, and African American Stereotypes

Backtalk: Artists on Native, African, and African American StereotypesBacktalk: Artists on Native, African, and African American Stereotypes

Backtalk: Artists on Native, African, and African American Stereotypes is an online exhibition that examines how nine artists interrogate and engage racial and cultural stereotypes in their creative practice. Part of a collaborative investigation of the persistence of racial and cultural stereotypes, Backtalk is grounded in the vision of Johnnetta Betsch Cole, director emerita of the National Museum of African art, to explore stereotypes across cultures.
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The Stephen Grant Postcard Collection Digitization Project

Postcard Mass Digitization at Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art

The Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives (EEPA), National Museum of African Art is pleased to announce The Stephen Grant Postcard Collection Digitization Project, a collaborative cataloguing and digitization project with the Smithsonian’s Digitization Program Office (DPO). We anticipate making this collection fully accessible to the general public in late 2020 or early 2021.

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