Museums (open to public, non-commercial)

Here we go with a reference to some of the interesting museums about african tribal art:

Museum for African Art - New York
36-01 43rd Avenue at 36th Street, Long Island City, NY 11101
http://www.africanart.org

The Museum for African Art is dedicated to increasing public understanding and appreciation of African art and culture. The Museum is recognized worldwide as the pre-eminent organizer of exhibitions and publisher of books devoted exclusively to African art.

+: Certainly a top-notch place for a personal visit
-: The website does not give any valuable information

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF)
http://www.famsf.org

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (FAMSF) is the city's largest public arts institution.
+: More than 80.000 images can be searched by keywords, country etc.
-: Looking sepcifically to Africa the number of pics is much smaller, but still valuable (Usually 20-100 pics per country)

The University of Iowa: Art and Life in Africa Project
http://www.uiowa.edu/~africart

"Open to the public" only in virtual sense, as it is more an online museum. Anyhow a valuable ressource about Africa, tribes and art - both in histroical and modern sense.
+: A lot of informations about people, countries and culture, searchable pics database, music, phots etc
-: Not specialized on the art itself

Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20560
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/index2.html

The Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art fosters the discovery and appreciation of the visual arts of Africa, the cradle of humanity.
+: Nicely and professional site. Searchable databse of pics, objects well described.
-: Seems perfect ... a real must

Fowler Museum at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA 90077
http://www.fowler.ucla.edu

One of the largest and finest in the United States, and one of the top twenty African collections worldwide, this collection offers a superb representation of the arts of many African nations, including objects from Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire), Kenya, Zambia, and South Africa. The Yoruba collection alone is one of the three finest in the world.
+: Great museum
-: Limited online ressources, only one collection available