Museum of the African Diaspora

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Museum of the African Diaspora

Note: Museum of African Diaspora closed for remodeling. Scheduled to reopen October 2025 in time for museums's TK anniversary. -margot.seeto pk-sfo-10

Take your own personal journey through epic stories of diaspora, told through Black art. Get grounded with a moving video of slave narratives featuring Maya Angelou, and emerge into exhibits celebrating contemporary Black art and culture – from Kwame Brathwaite’s uplifting 1960s Black Is Beautiful photography to Ramekon O’Arwister's found-object totems of Black queer culture. Meet and co-create with Bay Area creatives at MoAD's poetry slams, art workshops, dance programs and African Diaspora Film Club screenings – and book ahead for Diaspora Dinners featuring megastar chefs.

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