Savannah African Art Museum

About

The Savannah African Art Museum holds an abundant collection of objects that hail from West and Central Africa. The Savannah African Art Museum's mission as a non-profit institution is to focus on the introduction and education on the art and culture of West and Central Africa. Our aim is to provide an engaging experience and to start conversations about the power, diversity, and spirituality of African Art to all audiences.Our collection of African art showcases a range of ceremonial and spiritual objects from the 19th and 20th centuries made from ceramics, metal, and wood. These powerful objects hold origins throughout West and Central Africa, representing numerous countries as well as individual cultures and ethnic groups. The diverse range of objects represented bisects the entire continent of Africa spanning as far west as Senegal and as far east as Ethiopia.The Savannah African Art Museum has worked with two West African born United States citizens who negotiate with individual communities and cultural ethnic groups in Africa to purchase objects. This allows for the money used in the purchasing of objects to return to the community from which they originated.