Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, is Brooklyn's first and only contemporary art museum dedicated to the art and culture of Africa and its diaspora.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in New York, New York
- Also known as: “MoCADA”
- Address: 80 Hanson Place, Brooklyn, NY 11217
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church and Lafayette Avenue station.
Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church
Church
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Hanson Place Seventh-day Adventist Church, is an historic church at 88 Hanson Place between South Oxford Street and South Portland Avenue in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, which was built in 1857-60 as the Hanson Place Baptist Church.
Lafayette Avenue station
Metro station
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The Lafayette Avenue station is a local station on the IND Fulton Street Line of the New York City Subway. Located under Lafayette Avenue and Fulton Street in Brooklyn, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service. Lafayette Avenue station is situated 350 feet north of Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts.
Atlantic Terminal
Railway station
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Atlantic Terminal is the westernmost commuter rail terminal on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch, located at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn, New York City. Atlantic Terminal is situated 840 feet west of Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fort Greene and Clinton Hill Historic District.
Fort Greene
Neighborhood
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Fort Greene is a neighborhood in the northwestern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is bounded by Flushing Avenue and the Brooklyn Navy Yard to the north, Flatbush Avenue Extension and Downtown Brooklyn to the west, Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Heights to the south, and Vanderbilt Avenue and Clinton Hill to the east.
Clinton Hill Historic District
Locality
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Clinton Hill Historic District is a national historic district in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, in New York City. It consists of 1,063 largely residential contributing buildings built between the 1840s and 1930 in popular contemporary and revival styles.
Clinton Hill
Neighborhood
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Clinton Hill is a neighborhood located in the north-central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is bordered by the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Flushing Avenue to the north, Williamsburg to the northeast, Classon Avenue and Bedford–Stuyvesant to the east, Atlantic Avenue and Prospect Heights to the south and southwest and Vanderbilt Avenue and Fort Greene to the west.
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts
- Categories: art museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.68535° or 40° 41′ 7″ northLongitude
-73.97443° or 73° 58′ 28″ westOpen location code
87G8M2PG+46OpenStreetMap ID
node 8942168458OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6886122
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Spanish—“Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “متحف فنون الشتات الافريقى المعاصر”
- French: “MoCADA”
- French: “Musée des arts contemporains de la diaspora africaine”
- French: “Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts”
- Persian: “موزه هنرهای معاصر آفریقایی دیاسپورا”
- Spanish: “MoCADA”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include DSK Brooklyn and Fort Pilates.
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