Musée Théodore-Monod d'art africain IFAN

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• Anynomous

  17 March 2018

  The exhibits were quite disappointing

• Anynomous

  15 February 2018

  It's probably worth visiting while in Dakar, but the exhibits are a little disappointing. Downstairs is and impressive but small collection of masks and carvings, upstairs was some decontextualized textiles.
  
  It can be compared with the national museum in Bamako which has the exact same set of exibits ( artifacts and textiles) but does a much better job of making them interesting.
  
  The guard at the entrance reduced our price significantly because we live in Egypt.

• Anynomous

  20 December 2017

  Le musée Théodore-Monod d'art africain, longtemps appelé musée de Dakar ou musée de l'IFAN, est un musée situé à Dakar et faisant partie de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire (IFAN), au sein de l'Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar.
  
  Il fait partie des sites officiels accueillant les œuvres exposées lors de la Biennale de Dakar.

• Anynomous

  03 September 2017

  Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire, (IFAN) Dakar senegal

• Anynomous

  03 July 2017

  Nice show of African art

• Anynomous

  14 June 2017

  Très riche en art. Passée jetter un coup d'oeil

• Anynomous

  10 March 2017

  Un peu poussiéreux mais bien fourni en masques .

• Anynomous

  09 January 2017

  C'est très intéressant pour le contenu mais la poussière est partout et c'est vraiment dommage que l'art africaine soit comme ça, abandonné sous un doigt de poussière. Est-ce qu'on ne pourrait pas nettoyer, même protéger un peu les oeuvres d'art?.

• Anynomous

  18 April 2016

  Basically this museum has nothing like a museum ... just for a name sake. I would not suggest anyone to go there. rather u can visit the old cathedral church which is near to this place and the best place in dakar to get the peace of mind

• Anynomous

  07 February 2016

  Very open and friendly people. Wow!
  I learnt jerejef, walayi!
  Ate Yassa poulet...

• Anynomous

  24 January 2016

  While IFAN as an institution undoubtedly has great value as a repository of francophone west African culture, the museum doesn't seem to be using these resources to its full potential, resulting in an underwhelming experience.
  
  The exhibition space itself is fairly limited. Most of the art on the first floor comes from every francophone west African nation aside from Senegal. Little information is provided along with the pieces other than a 3 word description along with the place of origin. The second floor at the time of writing housed an extremely interesting exhibit on wrestling culture in Senegal, however it may benefit from more cohesion in the way that the narrative is structured, as the pieces presented seemed disjointed from the images directly above the pieces.
  
  While most travel lists and guides for Dakar would classify IFAN as a must see, I wouldn't lose sleep if I were to have missed visiting IFAN on a trip to Dakar. On the bright side, it is open on Sundays unlike much of the city.