Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

ABOUT THE AMISTAD CENTER FOR ART & CULTURE

The Amistad Center is a dynamic not-for-profit cultural institution that cares for and provides public access to its collection of more than 7,000 works of art, photography, historical artifacts, memorabilia and rare books documenting the African American experience. The Amistad Center is located in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and as a result of a unique institutional partnership, collaborates with the Wadsworth on various aspects of its operations and programs.

ABOUT THE WADSWORTH ATHENEUM MUSEUM OF ART

Founded in 1842, the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is the oldest continuously-operating public art museum in the United States and home to a collection of nearly 50,000 works of art, spanning 5,000 years and encompassing the art of Asia, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. It has been at the forefront of collecting works by artists such as Caravaggio, Frederic Edwin Church, Joseph Cornell, Salvador Dalí, Piet Mondrian, and Joan Miró. Today, visitors to the museum find captivating and innovative installations mining the iconic holdings and offering new stories that illustrate the breadth and quality of the collection.