Cleveland Museum of Art – Ancient Egypt and African Art, Ohio, USA

Dec 20, 2025 | Museum, USA: Ohio

This blog features the museum’s holdings of Ancient Egypt and African art. 1201

The Cleveland Museum of Art: 11150 East Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44106
Date Picture Taken: September 2025

Ancient Egyptian works—sculpture, reliefs, coffins, and ritual objects—reflect ideas about kingship, the afterlife, and cosmic order. The African collection spans diverse regions and periods, emphasizing masks, figures, and textiles created for spiritual, social, and ceremonial purposes, highlighting art as a living cultural practice rather than purely aesthetic objects.

Ancient Egypt – The Gift of the River, 5000 BC-AD 400

The Predynastic Period

Excavations and Collaborations: From Egypt and Libia to Cleveland

Faience and Glass

The Afterlife

African Art – Heritage and Innovation, About 4000 BC-present day

Central Africa

Art, Power, and Heritage in the Benin Kingdom

Western Africa