ArtAbidjan
Museum of Civilisations of Côte d'Ivoire
Musée des Civilisations de Côte d'Ivoire
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The national museum, founded in 1942 as the colonial government's crafts centre and renamed the Museum of Civilisations in 1994. A major renovation began in 2024 with a budget of about 2.2 billion CFA francs.
If you want to see objects from all four cultural worlds in one place, this is it.
CE QUE VOUS VERREZ · What you will see
An unassuming colonial building in Plateau, holding masks, statues, gold weights and thrones from every group in the country.POURQUOI · So what
It also connects to the global debate on restitution: whether Ivorian objects in European museums should come home is a live issue.SAVOIR-FAIRE · How to use it
The first stop with Asian guests. Build the 'base map' here, then visit galleries for contemporary art, and guests will see the link between tradition and today.Asian and European parallelsCompare the political meaning of the National Palace Museum's collection, and the global debate on returning cultural objects.
Where to experience itPlateau; check opening status during the renovation.
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