Diversity in Art

Artifacts, documents, and art that reflect the history and development of the African American experience in its many aspects. Subjects include the era of slavery, the period of Reconstruction, the Harlem Renaissance, and the civil rights movement.

One of the world's most expansive collections of Native artifacts, including objects, photographs, archives, and media covering the entire Western Hemisphere, from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego.

Growing collections of material on the recent history of art from Asia, freely available from the website and onsite library.

The Index of African American Artists (IAAA) is a research aid for identifying publications in Watsonline, the online catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art libraries, by and about artists of African descent who have lived, worked, or studied in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean.