IFAN Museum of African Arts

Very small exhibition and only one floor. Second floor seems to be under renovation. Took 10 minutes walking through all. They have but a few artifacts, but very little informative display other than brief description of each item. "Magic bottle from Guinea" for example. And it was quite expensive to enter at 5.000 for foreigners. Would not recommend the detour unless you're in the area.

You can find more (and more interesting) items in an upscale souvenir shop. The exhibition is very small, of limited artistic and/or historical significance and quite expensive (5,000 per person) for what you get. I hope sometime they will invest in acquiring a good collection. Senegal/africa has produced much greater art than this. There were maybe one or two objects that made an impression (photos). Little too no explanation. Sometimes the marketplace pricetag was still on the art.

Although Google map was indicating it as open, it was closed. Front entrance was open and there was no one to provide information. There were staffs sitting around but no one cared to provide any information. There was one art expo inside and we could see that.

Really wonderful museum in Dakar. Veronique was an excellent guide and explained so much about the art and Senegalese culture in general. The art is exciting and pulled from different countries all over Africa.

Quite disappointing and expensive! There certainly is no lack of fantastic African art, which makes it difficult to understand this meagre selection. The explanations of artifacts are insufficient as well. A very poor use of such a beautiful space!

A nice display of tribal art from several countries in the west Africa region. It was all in French so I had to use Google translate for English and Spanish. Behind the building is a nice garden with tables and chairs set up. Great place to relax and sit down to read a book or study for a little bit. I did not see a cafe in the building but if you bring your own snacks you can enjoy some peaceful time in the garden. There was a nice sand artist in the garden that did a demonstration of his art. We enjoyed meeting and talking with him for a while. There were also two peacocks walking around the garden. I enjoyed my leisurely time here.

A place to which you must go, because sadly there aren't many places in Dakar to see African culture. The place shows tribal art from several countries of the region, and what they show is ok BUT, I was expecting so much more... there are so many interesting in this part of the world, and this museum is ok, but should show so much more. There is no personnel to do guided tours, so you are left to do the tour on your own, and of course, that is a big loss. The tags are worthless most of the time, stating the obvious, that is, a description of what you can see, which you can see already! But no context, no info on what the piece was used for, etc. That was quite disappointing. There are two floors. There is a proyection room, but no projector... there is a TV which is running the same video again and again showing some national authority speaking at the UN speaking of the need to recover the African art that was shamelessly stolen by the colonialists. I am all for it, but this shouldn't be the one and only video... you can see they don't have resources. It's sad. But well, the things on display are really good, don't miss it.

The artifacts were nice, but there was practically zero explanation of what the item was used for, it's estimated date of origin, or any context regarding the peoples from whom it came from. I imagine some of these items were hundreds of years old, but the placard just said which country it was from and when it was bought (as if that's relevant). There were no guides, not sure if it was just that day or if there are actually no guides. The pieces are nice, but if you're looking to learn something you're better off going straight to the artist in the garden in the back. This place definitely has the potential to be great with more context and information regarding availability of guides. See photos for the cool artifacts with super limited context.