Museo Arte Afroamericano

The Museum of African American Art in Caracas (MAA) is a private cultural venue founded in 2004 in Caracas dedicated to the dissemination of art and manifestations of Afro-descendant culture in Venezuela.

The collection has some 5,000 pieces that are highly varied in composition, 4 including indigenous sculptures from Africa, including clothing, accessories such as necklaces, lipsticks, ceremonial costumes, pendants, earrings, and a special collection of accessories woven with cowries and mustard.

In the sculpture section, some of the Nok ethnic group from Nigeria stand out, which are contemporary with the Egyptian culture, bronze plates from Benin from the ancient Kingdom of Dahomey and that adorned the walls of the King's palace, and an Ethiopian marriage cape with silver threads, used by the bride and groom on their wedding day.5 As well as, there is a large collection of African masks.

The Museum also has a series of African instruments on display such as drums, lutes, shekeres, koras, among others.

The Museum is open to the public from 8:00 a.m. at 3:15 p.m. from Wednesday to Sunday. Among its activities it offers the public music, plastic arts, performances, among other activities on weekends.