Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD)

--- 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) PRESS RELEASES (view all)

• MoAD Marks 20th Anniversary with 2025 Afropolitan Ball, Raises Over $1 Million (10/5/2025) - MoAD
• Last Chance to Catch Current Exhibitions at MoAD Before Temporary Building Closure (2/27/2025) - MoAD
• MoAD Presents Love + Basketball: My Freedom Got a Rim On It by Houston Artist Ann Johnson, Presenting Her First Solo Museum Show on the West Coast (1/8/2025) - San Francisco
• MoAD Announces 2024-2025 Emerging Artist Program Awardee Exhibition Unveiling Histories: A Fabricated Archive by Jessica Monette (9/18/2024) - San Francisco (MoAD)
• 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)

• Inside MoAD’s 2026 Afropolitan Ball: Art, Culture and a $1 Million Night (10/6/2026) - San Francisco, CA
• PHOTOS | MoAD Marks 20th Anniversary with 2025 Afropolitan Ball, Raises Over $1 Million (10/6/2025) - San Francisco
• MoAD Marks 20th Anniversary with 2025 Afropolitan Ball, Raises Over $1 Million (10/5/2025) - MoAD
• PHOTOS | Nexus (MoAD) Global Groove Remix, Renewed for a New Generation (10/5/2025) - San Francisco
• From the Juke Joint to the Museum: A Celebration of Black Cocktail Innovators (4/30/2025) - BABACA (Bay Area Black Arts & Culture Alliance) Member Conversations & Speakers Event Space Performing Arts Visual Arts — OUR MISSION MoAD, a contemporary art museum, celebrates Black cultures, ignites challenging conversations, and inspires […]
• Last Chance to Catch Current Exhibitions at MoAD Before Temporary Building Closure (2/27/2025) - MoAD
• The Most Inspiring Women of the Bay Area (2/25/2025) - Nob Hill Gazette
• Video | MoAD in SF celebrates its 20th anniversary with ‘Liberatory Living’ exhibit (2/13/2025) - San Francisco (KRON4)
• MoAD Presents Love + Basketball: My Freedom Got a Rim On It by Houston Artist Ann Johnson, Presenting Her First Solo Museum Show on the West Coast (1/8/2025) - San Francisco
• PHOTOS | MoAD’s Afropolitan Ball Celebrates Power of Black Art and Cultural Diversity (10/11/2024) - Galleria Design Center, San Francisco

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