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MuseumsSite Name: Museum of West African Art Alternative Name: MOWAA InstituteCountry: Nigeria
NOTE: This site is 367.722 km away from the location you searched for.
Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Benin City Nearest Village: Ogogugbo
Latitude: 6.329005N Longitude: 5.622840E
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
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| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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The MOWAA Institute, situated within the planned Benin City Cultural District, will provide secure, state-of-the-art facilities for conservation, study, exhibition, and public programming as historic artworks are returned. Inspired by the heritage and history of Benin, the MOWAA Institute establishes the infrastructure to support the identity of the African continent as the keeper and re-imaginer of a new relationship with patrimonial artifacts.
The 48,000 square foot MOWAA Institute is therefore designed as a highly sustainable, efficient single-story building comprised predominantly of locally sourced rammed earth walls with an in-situ concrete brown roof. Abstracting a traditional rectangular structure, the building’s form is conceived as box within a box, which then scallops at its perimeter to allow generous views of the interior programming. The building accommodates a state of the art, secure space for restituted objects and archaeological discoveries; laboratories for studying artifacts unearthed during the archaeological excavations; a visitor center for engaging the local community and stakeholders; and administrative offices.
The building projects southern daylight from skylights deep into the heart of the climate-conditioned storage and collection archive, allowing object viewing in various lighting conditions through the exhibition gallery. The MOWAA Institute will provide a state-of-the-art secure facility for restituted objects and archaeological finds, a project center for the archaeological work currently in progress on and around the MOWAA site in Benin City, laboratories for studying artifacts unearthed during the archaeological excavations, a visitor center for engaging the local community and stakeholders, and interim offices for MOWAA staff. The landscaped grounds outside the building will include an amphitheater to host gatherings and intimate educational moments.
Update January 2025. For the most recent information, please see the following sources:
Museum Website, which states: "10th November 2025. MOWAA wishes to clarify recent claims about a formal commissioning or official opening of the Museum. No such event has taken place. What we hosted was a private preview for partners and stakeholders ... The MOWAA Institute has resumed its normal operations, however all preview and public events have been postponed until further notice".
Wikipedia: Museum of West African Art; and
BBC, , "The fallout from Nigeria's spectacular $25m museum and the Benin Bronzes, 13th November 2025".
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