We’ve got some exciting news! Through the hard work and continued dedication of our local elec

We’ve got some exciting news! Through the hard work and continued dedication of our local elected officials, the Brooklyn Museum has been awarded a generous $3M grant to help bring our celebrated collection of African art back on view. The funding will support the critical first steps towards creating permanent galleries for our Arts of Africa collection—which will open by 2025 in time for our 200th anniversary. In conjunction with special exhibitions focused on art of the African diaspora, our new galleries will be the second-largest freely accessible collection of African art permanently on view in New York City, and the only one located in Brooklyn.⁠⁠

We’d like to extend a special thanks to Senator Chuck Schumer, Congresswoman Yvette Clarke, and Representative Hakeem Jeffries for their leadership in securing this transformative grant and for making the new galleries possible! 

⁠⁠Stay tuned for more information about the galleries and collection.⁠⁠

Temne artist. Mask for the Ordehlay (Ode-Lay) or Jollay Society, mid-20th century. Freetown, Sierra Leone. Wood, paint, plastic, metal. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Milton Gross, by exchange, 2013.25. Creative Commons-BY