Museum of African Art, Belgrade

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The Museum of African Art (Serbian: Музеј Афричке Уметности / Muzej Afričke Umetnosti) is a museum located in the urban neighborhood of Senjak in Belgrade, Serbia. The museum was founded in 1977 and represents the only museum in the country dedicated to the arts and culture of Africa. Its focus is in the main on Western Africa.

The museum specializes in African art, and predominantly features African masks. It was established from the private collection of the Yugoslav diplomat Zdravko Pečar and was a result of his long stay as Ambassador in Africa, containing many rare and invlauable pieces of the regions in which he travelled.

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