Theodore Monod Museum of African Art

The Théodore Monod Museum of African Art, long called the Dakar Museum or the IFAN Museum, was built in 1931 and is part of the Fundamental Institute of Black Africa, within the Cheikh-Anta-Diop University. It is located in one of the most chic areas of Dakar, the Rue Emile Zola plateau and faces Soweto Square and is framed by the National Assembly, the Cathedral of Dakar and the Main Hospital. It includes two main buildings of superb neo-Sudanian and colonial style architecture, workshops and studios. Open every day except Monday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the museum presents cultural exhibitions and local or foreign contemporary African art and has around 9,000 objects, of which around 300 are on permanent display to the public. The museum exposes the richness of the cultural diversity of the old continent to the rest of the world and uses history and culture as a means of forging the identity and pride of young people vis-à-vis their past and therefore their collective memory. . It also creates a framework for consultation of inspiration and expression of artists