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Museum working hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily
Please wear a mask, disinfect your hands and keep your distance during your museum visit.
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Articulated rod puppet, Mali
The “Sunday at the MAA” programme is organised every Sunday from 11 am to 12.30 pm for individual and family visits, and consists of two parallel programs: GUIDED TOUR (for adults) and WORKSHOPS FOR CHILDREN (for 6-12 year olds).
Every Sunday in July 2021 (4, 11, 18 i 25 July), at 11 a.m., a guided tour through the current exhibition “Traditional Theatre Puppets оf Mali” will be organized for adult visitors, while the children of age 6 to 12 will have the opportunity to attend creative workshops “Create and play the puppet – inspired by the puppetry tradition of Mali”.
Due to current pandemic restrictions registration for the guided tour is mandatory via e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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his year's two-day Afro Festival ended on Sunday, June 27. Visitors of the Museum of African Art in Belgrade had the opportunity to enjoy the rich cultural and artistic program, taste various traditional dishes from the African continent, dance to the rhythm of Afro-beats, visit numerous stands with African arts and crafts, and participate in several creative workshops for children, as well as adults in the garden of the Museum in Senjak.
The management of the Museum and numerous festival partners are thrilled with the number of Festival visitors, especially considering that the Festival was one of the first large-scale city events to be organised in late June, despite numerous challenges brought on by the pandemic and with the slow “return to life” in the city.
Over the course of two days, a large number of visitors from Belgrade, the region and abroad, diplomats working in Belgrade and numerous African art and culture aficionados made their way to the Afro Festival, which was held in part in the building’s interior, but mostly in the Museum garden. Over the weekend, people were able to enjoy the sounds of the djembe drum, participate in mancala board game competitions, perform capoeira, participate in children's storytelling and art workshops, as well as public guided tours through the Museum of African Art displays.
The second day of the Afro Festival was as usual marked by Durbar Day – the Day of Friendship – which included the participation of African embassies in Belgrade – Algeria, Angola, Guinea, Egypt, Congo, Morocco, Tunisia and Namibia – who presented the richness of their countries through stands offering culinary specialties and a rich offer of African crafts and souvenirs.
Exhibition curator: Marija MilošThe exhibition will be open until 23 August 2021.
The exhibition Traditional Theatre Puppets оf Mali – From the Andrej Jerovšek Collection and the Collection of the Museum of African Art presents the puppets whose style of manufacture and animation is characteristic of the theatrical form traditionally performed in the southern parts of the Republic of Mali, along the Niger Valley. The leading role at the exhibition is shared by the Antelope with a Drummer and Dancers, the Elephant, an array of yellow, red and blue little people, and Merenkun, a large double-faced sculpture representing a woman. Featuring a variety of dramatic characters and sculptural qualities, the exhibition also reveals the structural elements of the puppets that enable their stage movement. It displays articulated rod puppets, some of which are furnished with strings for manipulation, as well as wood-carved puppets with no moveable parts. We shall right away share two more secrets of the acting trade in this part of Africa with all connoisseurs and lovers of puppetry and theatre and with all those this exhibition invites to become ones: the traditional puppet characters play scenes of silent theatre and the puppeteers remain hidden in the costume or in the kalaka, an element functioning as a mobile stage.
A tour organized by the Museum of African Art, memorial House of King Peter and Heritage HouseSince the 19th century the urban planning of Topčider (one of Belgrade's many hills) was envisioned as a city oasis, with numerous parks, picnic spots, large areas of forest and greenery. Hidden within it are numerous villas, summer houses and art studios built at the beginning of the 20th century. Through the “Cultural Heritage of Topčider” tour we will reveal different cultural institutions. During this tour, you can visit Museum of African Art, the memorial House of King Peter, Archive of Yugoslavia, Heritage House – the Legacy of Petar Lubarda, Museum Vespa Serbia, House of Olga Jančić, Monument to Isidora Sekulić, Hyde park Belgrade and Public Aquarium and Tropicarium Belgrade. To get an impression about the tour, visit this link.
Walking and talking with you, are art historians Ana Knežević, Museum of African Art curator & Ivana Zatežić, Heritage House associate.
Join our trek of discovery of the cultural Heritage of Topčider Hill!
Browse through some of the classic catalogues of the Museum of African Art.
Exhibition catalogues covering the period from 1973 to 2001 are now available in full on the Museum's website.
Publications prepared for e-publishing by Marija Miloš, MAA Senior Curator, Marijana Strubel and Dragana Ćurčin Marković, MAA interns as part of “BG Praksa” program 2019/2018 organized by the Centre for Career Development UB.
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