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OUR MISSION
MoAD, a contemporary art museum, celebrates Black cultures, ignites challenging conversations, and inspires learning through the global lens of the African Diaspora.
OUR HISTORY
The Museum of the African Diaspora opened to the public in 2005 and is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization.
MoAD is based in the San Francisco Bay Area and plays a vital role in the local arts community. MoAD is uniquely positioned as one of the few museums in the world focused exclusively on African Diaspora culture and on presenting the rich cultural heritage of the people of Africa and of African descendant cultures all across the globe.
SELECTED UPCOMING EVENTS (view all)
Sep
25
Virtual | They Not Like Us: Cinematic Visions of Afrosurrealism
6:00 PM
Conversations + Speakers + Conferences
PRESS RELEASES (view all)
- MoAD Announces Inaugural Edition of Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, a New Annual Art Event Celebrating the Rich Landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area (8/14/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
- Museum of the African Diaspora Announces 2024 Afropolitan Ball, San Francisco’s Premier Annual Celebration Uplifting Black Creatives and Diversity in the Arts (8/6/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
- Museum of the African Diaspora Announces Group Design Exhibition Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy, Opening October 2, 2024 (7/17/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
- Press Release | MoAD Announces First Solo Museum Exhibition in the United States of British Painter and Visual Artist Rachel Jones, Opening March 27, 2024 (2/21/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
- Press Release | Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) presents a new fall season of exhibitions including JoeSam.: Text Messages and Spectrum: On Color & Contemporary Art (7/26/2023) - 3.3.23 | MoAD
- Press Release | MoAD’s Diaspora Dinner brings together top Black chefs for a celebration of African foodways hosted by new Chef-in-Residence, Jocelyn Jackson (6/2/2023) - 5.10.23 | MoAD
ARTICLES (view all)
- MoAD Announces Inaugural Edition of Nexus: SF/Bay Area Black Art Week, a New Annual Art Event Celebrating the Rich Landscape of the San Francisco Bay Area (8/14/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
- Museum of the African Diaspora Announces 2024 Afropolitan Ball, San Francisco’s Premier Annual Celebration Uplifting Black Creatives and Diversity in the Arts (8/6/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
- Museum of the African Diaspora Announces Group Design Exhibition Liberatory Living: Protective Interiors & Radical Black Joy, Opening October 2, 2024 (7/17/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
- Press Release | MoAD Announces First Solo Museum Exhibition in the United States of British Painter and Visual Artist Rachel Jones, Opening March 27, 2024 (2/21/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
- SFMOMA and MoAD to share curator for art of the African diaspora (8/4/2023) - SF Chronicle Datebook
- Press Release | Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) presents a new fall season of exhibitions including JoeSam.: Text Messages and Spectrum: On Color & Contemporary Art (7/26/2023) - 3.3.23 | MoAD
- Press Release | MoAD’s Diaspora Dinner brings together top Black chefs for a celebration of African foodways hosted by new Chef-in-Residence, Jocelyn Jackson (6/2/2023) - 5.10.23 | MoAD
- Two San Francisco museums launch joint curatorial position focused on art of the African diaspora (2/28/2023) - The Art Newspaper
- Exploring San Francisco’s MoAD Museum (2/1/2023) - NBC4
- MoAD’s New Chef-in-Residence Wants to Put Black Women Front and Center (1/23/2023) - [KQED]
FACES IN PLACES (view all)
Photos & Video | MoAD Shines with Top Notch Annual Afropolitan Ball, Raises Over $650k (12/4/2023) - San Francisco (BAR)
Photos | MoAD Showcases “Hat Matter: Thoughts of a Black Mad Hatter” at Spring Fundraiser (3/31/2023) - The Taube Atrium Theater, San FranciscoContact
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