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Address:
University Museum, 17 rue Dr Villette, Isoraka, BP 564, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar
Opening Hours:
10 AM to 16 PM very day except monday and sunday
Contact:
Jean-Aimé Rakotoarisoa, Director
musedar@refer.mg
Phone: +261 20 22 25493
Fax: +261 20 22 25493
Additional information:
See also: http://www.refer.mg/madag_ct/edu/tana/instit/icmaa.htm and http://www.univ-antananarivo.mg/spip.php?article69
Links:
The Museum of Art and Archaeology
University of Antananarivo
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Description:
The Museum of Art and Archaeology-Institute of Civilization was established on January 27, 1970 by decree No.°70-078 as a research institute ajoined to the Rector's office of the University of Antananarivo.
The museum's mission is:
- to contribute to the teaching of Madagascar's art, archaeology and ancient civilization. Its collections and documentation are therefore at the disposal of students and researchers (both Malagasy and foreign).
- to maintain the inventory of national archaeological heritage and propose to authorities measures for the protection and restoration of sites and monuments.
- to present its collections to the public through exhibitions.
In summary, the museum's primary mandate is to contribute to the promotion of better knowledge about Madagascar’s cultural history.
The museum’s repository stores ethnographic objects from all around Madagascar that have been collected by the museum since the early 1960s. All regions and tribes are represented in the collection.
The repository contains around 7,000 objects.
[Source: Web site]
Further Reading:
Revue TALOHA
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