Musée des arts africains, océaniens et amérindiens

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The Musée d'Arts Afriques, Océaniens et Amerindians (MAAOA), located on the second floor of the Vieille Charité in the 2nd arrondissement of Marseille, presents exclusively works from the African, Oceanian and Amerindian continents. On the first floor of the building is the Museum of Mediterranean Archaeology. The Museum of African, Oceanian and Amerindian Arts reconciles the observation of exposed objects with scientific information on men and societies. In particular, there are masks from large collections, built during the twentieth century, which participated in the first exhibitions of these extra-European arts, during the 1930s and 1935s, associated with the renewal of eyes and the first ethnographic, ethnological and anthropological studies on these cultures, in parallel with modern art. With popular Mexican arts, vibrant colors and fantastic are everywhere present, a fantastic art that inspired many artists and poets in the 20th century and still today. The works are exhibited in three rooms on the second floor of Old Charity:

The Africa Hall where the gift made by the heirs is exhibited...