On October 21 a wide-ranging agreement between the Museum for African Art (MfAA) and the Royal Museum for Central Africa (RMCA) was signed at the residence of the Consul general of Belgium in New York.

The museums will collaborate to exchange collections and expertise, to set up joint thematic and traveling exhibitions and to extend their respective missions in education and outreach, including to the African diaspora.

RMCA brings to this cooperation one of the world’s most prestigious collections of African art. MfAA’s strengths lie in a flexible and all-encompassing approach to the African continent as a source of pride and beauty. The New York Museum is presently being relocated to its new headquarters, a spacious and prestigious new building on 5th Avenue’s world famous Museum Mile. MfAA is scheduled to open to the public in late 2012.