The DC Traveler

In 2005, the National Museum of African Art was given an extensive collection of 525 African art objects from the Walt Disney Company.  Covering a wide period of African history and regions, mostly from western and central Africa, the collection is dominated by masks and large-scale figures and sculptures.

Some of the pieces also provided Disney animators with inspiration for the movie The Lion King.

The current exhibition of 88 pieces includes carved ivory, wooden sculptures, and a wall of masks from many regions of African.

African Vision: The Walt Disney–Tishman African Art Collection
National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560

Dates and Times – Daily, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., through September 7^th, 2008

Tickets – Admission is free

Nearest Metro Subway Station – Smithsonian – Blue and Orange lines
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