I-Smithsonian National Museum ye-African Art

I-America's Only Museum of the Arts of Africa

I-Smithsonian National Museum ye-African Art ineqoqo elikhulu kunazo zonke elaligcinwe esidlangalaleni lwezobuciko zase-Afrika e-United States kufaka phakathi izinto ezingaphezu kuka-10 000 ezimele cishe amazwe onke e-Afrika avela ezikhathini zasendulo kuya ezikhathini zanamuhla. Iqoqo liqukethe izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zohlobo lwezobuciko nezokudweba-izambatho, izithombe, ukudweba, ubumba, ukudweba, ubucwebe kanye nobuciko bevidiyo.

Eyasungulwa ngo-l964 njengesikhungo semfundo yangasese, iMyuziyamu ye-Art yase-Afrika ekuqaleni yayihlala emzini wodolobha owake waba noFrederick Douglass, owayeyinceku, owayengumqashi kanye nohulumeni.

Ngo-1979, i-Museum of African Art yaba yingxenye yeSmithsonian Institution futhi ngo-1981 yabizwa ngokusemthethweni iNational Museum ye-African Art. Ngo-1987, le museum yathunyelwa endaweni yayo yamanje kwi National Mall. I-museum yiyona kuphela imyuziyamu kazwelonke e-United States eyanikezelwa ekuqoqweni, embukisweni, ekugcinweni nasekuhloleni ubuciko base-Afrika. Lesi sakhiwo sihlanganisa imidwebo yezemibukiso, izakhiwo zomphakathi zomphakathi, i-laboratory yokulondolozwa kwezinto zobuciko, umtapo wokucwaninga kanye nezinqolobane zezithombe.

Amaphuzu avelele

I-museum inezinyawo ezingamamitha angu-22,000 wesikhala sembukiso. I-Sylvia H. Williams Gallery, etholakala ngaphansi kwesigaba esisodwa, ibonisa ubuciko obufanayo. I-Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection ijikeleza ukukhethwa kwezinto ezingu-525 ezivela kuleli qoqo. Izindlalelo ezisele zinikeza imibukiso ngezihloko ezihlukahlukene. Imibukiso ihlanganisa:

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I-Smithsonian National Museum ye-Art Art inikeza izinhlelo ezihlukahlukene zemfundo, kufaka phakathi izinkulumo, izingxoxo zomphakathi, amafilimu, ukuxoxa ngezindaba, ukusebenza komculo kanye nama-workshops.

I-museum inezinhlelo nemisebenzi e-Washington, DC kanye nase-African Embassies. I-Warren M. Robbins Library, ebizwa ngokuthi umsunguli weMyuziyamu, igatsha leSmithsonian Institution Libraries system futhi isekela ucwaningo, imibukiso nezinhlelo zomphakathi ze-museum. Yisikhungo esikhulu sezinsiza emhlabeni ukucwaninga nokucubungula ubuciko obubukwayo e-Afrika, futhi kunezindlu ezingaphezu kuka-32,000 emaphethweni obuciko base-Afrika, emlandweni nakumasiko. Ivulekile kubafundi kanye nomphakathi jikelele ngokuqokwa ngoMsombuluko kuze kube uLwesihlanu.

Umnyango wezokuLondolozwa kweMyuziyamu unikezelwa ekugcineni ukulondolozwa kobuciko kanye neminye impahla yamasiko evela kwizwekazi lonke lase-Afrika futhi libhekene nokuhlolwa, imibhalo, ukunakekelwa kokuvimbela, ukwelashwa nokubuyiselwa kwalezi zinto. I-museum igcina i-laboratory ye-state-of-the-art yokulondolozwa kwemvelo futhi iyaqhubeka nokuhlanza izinqubo zokulondolozwa okuyingqayizivele ekunakekeleni ubuciko be-Afrika. Imisebenzi yokulondolozwa ihlanganiswe kuzo zonke izici zomsebenzi weMyuziyamu. Lezi zenzo zihlanganisa ukubhala isimo sezinto zonke zokuqoqa, ukuphatha izinto, ukuhlola isimo kanye nokubuyiselwa kwangaphambilini kokutholakala okungenzeka, ukugcina izimo zokubukisa / zokugcina ezanele zokugcina izinto zokusebenza, ukuqhuba ucwaningo olusekelwe kumaqoqo, ukuqhuba izinkambo zemfundo ebhodini nokuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi ukuqeqeshwa okusemthethweni kokulondoloza.



Ikheli
950 Independence Avenue SW. I-Washington, DC I-Metro Station esiseduzane yi-Smithsonian.
Bona ibalazwe le-National Mall

Amahora: Vula nsuku zonke kusukela ngo-10 ekuseni ukuya ku-5: 30 ntambama, ngaphandle kuka-Dec. 25.

Iwebhusayithi: africa.si.edu