IFAN Museum in Mékhé

Beau musée avec de belles œuvres

Great learning adventures

Musée africaine rattaché à luniversité cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar

Un site historique et très intéressant à visiter à Dakar.

Udstilling af lertøj, redskaber og billeder fra Senegal og landene omkring. Der er 2 etager, hvoraf halvdelen af den nederste etage var under renovering under vores besøg i marts 2022.

Muy buenos objetos culturales( herramientas tradicionales, máscaras, estatuas, vestidos, telas.)

It felt super cool to visit this place. I had the opportunity to see many artifacts that are native to West Africa (Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Guinea, Bissau Guinea, Burkina Faso, Benin, Ivory Cost and many more countries)

Great

Beautiful! Highly recommended when visiting Dakar

Cool

Ah exercice de notation très difficile pour un lieu réservé aux connaisseurs surtout que ce musée est lœuvre dun homme pour lequel jai un profond respect, il sagit de Théodore Monod, grand chercheur, naturaliste, découvreur et un humble savant, grand spécialiste du Sahara et du Sahel africains

A place to which you must go, because sadly there arent many places in Dakar to see African culture. The place shows tribal art from several countries of the region, and what they show is ok BUT, I was expecting so much more... there are so many interesting in this part of the world, and this museum is ok, but should show so much more. There is no personnel to do guided tours, so you are left to do the tour on your own, and of course, that is a big loss. The tags are worthless most of the time, stating the obvious, that is, a description of what you can see, which you can see already! But no context, no info on what the piece was used for, etc. That was quite disappointing. There are two floors. There is a proyection room, but no projector... there is a TV which is running the same video again and again showing some national authority speaking at the UN speaking of the need to recover the African art that was shamelessly stolen by the colonialists. I am all for it, but this shouldnt be the one and only video... you can see they dont have resources. Its sad. But well, the things on display are really good, dont miss it.

The artifacts were nice, but there was practically zero explanation of what the item was used for, its estimated date of origin, or any context regarding the peoples from whom it came from. I imagine some of these items were hundreds of years old, but the placard just said which country it was from and when it was bought (as if thats relevant). There were no guides, not sure if it was just that day or if there are actually no guides. The pieces are nice, but if youre looking to learn something youre better off going straight to the artist in the garden in the back. This place definitely has the potential to be great with more context and information regarding availability of guides. See photos for the cool artifacts with super limited context.

Its ok

Just visited the Senegalese cinema industry exposition and felt both nostalgia and sadness. Nostalgia of the time when cinemas existed nearly in every main city in Sénégal and I used to go to some cinemas with my best friend who passed away long ago now. And sad to see the entire cinema industry has collapsed in Senegal without anyone feeling shocked or trying to revive it. Senghor, 1st président of Sénégal must be wondering if this is the country where he inspired an incredible cultural vibe for more than two decades

Mooi museum, durven kritisch te kijken naar de plastic geïmporteerde producten t.o.v. lokaal geproduceerde producten !!

The museum was ok but it did not have a wide variety of pieces. Id recommend stopping by to check the artists at the back.

A great place to visit in Senegal

Limited amount of exhibits. Some interesting (especially those from the Benin Kingdom), worth bringing a translation app as everything is in French. 30 minutes and youre done here. 5,000CFA entrance fee.

Visited in January 2020. The permanent exhibitions mainly contains art from West Africa such as masks, instruments, statues, etc. Interesting and beautiful art but little explanation about the collection itself and how it is all related. Count 30-45min. Price for foreigners was XOF 5000. A temporary exhibition was held in a separate building « Fent Bokk ». Worth a visit too.

Worth a stop. Small collection, but interesting. Bring Google translate for the signs if you dont speak French. Explore the grounds; theres a little art space out back with some cool stuff.

Very limited and everything is curated in French only. Only the bottom floor was open

Sad exposition, no introduction, no context given, a handful of dirty dusty masks and items, very disappointing and as foreigner your charged twice the price 5.000 / 7 € definitely not worth your money....

This is an historically charged Free Masonic place where you can see lots of artifacts and other stuff...

Malheureusement 1 salle sur trois ouverte ce jour...dommage !

Cool

L’espace est intéressant, idéal pour l’organisation de beaucoup plus d’événements

Disappointed me quite a lot for it was closed due to restoration during my visit (July 2019). If it will be open once you visit there, you might as well take a walk around the beautiful neighborhood covered with old buildings and alluring trees.

A place to learn more about african art

Tres bel espace d’expositionLes murs sentent le passage des ethnologues de renom.Ce musée gagnerait à être revalorisé avec des ressources humaines qualifiées et dotées de moyens.C’est le seul moyen d’attirer des visiteurs des recettes et de permettre un développement.

Historical and educational

I love it there

De belles pièces à y voir , j ai déploré le manque de guide , le prix un peu élevé et pas grand chose à y voir

A place to be visited

Good collection of African art products across the history. The price is relatively high for non-locals though, and taking this into consideration, I dont think youre missing a lot if you decide not to visit this museum.

Nice

Awesome experience, great exhibits with knowledgeable guides. Definitely worth the visit

Wonderful place for making art, no facilities but inspired

Excellent set up and exhibits for DAKART 2018!

I would not call it a museum but a memorabilia place with african masks. And the price was unnecessarily high for non locals

The exhibits were quite disappointing

De nombreuses œuvres de art africain. Superbe exposition sur les tissages. A voir absolument lorsque vous passez par Dakar.

Its probably worth visiting while in Dakar, but the exhibits are a little disappointing. Downstairs is and impressive but small collection of masks and carvings, upstairs was some decontextualized textiles.It can be compared with the national museum in Bamako which has the exact same set of exibits ( artifacts and textilesbut does a much better job of making them interesting.The guard at the entrance reduced our price significantly because we live in Egypt.

Cool

Pas de chance, on est venu le seul jour où ils faisaient grève, on a juste pu voir une expo temporaire sur le streetart dans un bâtiment annexe..

Nice show of African art

Très peu dobjets dart, très peu de pays représentés pour être un musée africain. Guides assez sympas.

Basically this museum has nothing like a museum ... just for a name sake. I would not suggest anyone to go there. rather u can visit the old cathedral church which is near to this place and the best place in dakar to get the peace of mind

Very open and friendly people. Wow!I learnt jerejef, walayi!Ate Yassa poulet...

While IFAN as an institution undoubtedly has great value as a repository of francophone west African culture, the museum doesnt seem to be using these resources to its full potential, resulting in an underwhelming experience.The exhibition space itself is fairly limited. Most of the art on the first floor comes from every francophone west African nation aside from Senegal. Little information is provided along with the pieces other than a 3 word description along with the place of origin. The second floor at the time of writing housed an extremely interesting exhibit on wrestling culture in Senegal, however it may benefit from more cohesion in the way that the narrative is structured, as the pieces presented seemed disjointed from the images directly above the pieces.While most travel lists and guides for Dakar would classify IFAN as a must see, I wouldnt lose sleep if I were to have missed visiting IFAN on a trip to Dakar. On the bright side, it is open on Sundays unlike much of the city.