A First Look Inside MOWAA’s New Institute Shaping West African Art

EXCLUSIVE: Unseen Images of the MOWAA Institute

Listen. We weren’t ready. The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) in Benin City just gave us a first-ever peek inside its newly completed building, and it’s giving: premium, “don’t touch the wall”, “take your shoes off at the door” energy. This museum is set to be the elevate Nigeria and put us on the front of the global arts & culture scene.   The MOWAA Institute is 4,500 square metres of architectural finesse – rammed-earth walls, calm lighting…

Inside MOWAA: The Cultural Marvel in Benin City the World Has Been Waiting For

The future of Nigerian culture has been loading for years — and now we finally have the first visuals. The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has unveiled the inside of its brand-new Institute building, and the energy is different. Rammed-earth architecture. Minimalist lines. Courtyards that look like album-cover sets. Labs with spotless white walls and futuristic equipment. The building feels like Lagos, Accra, Marrakech, and Kyoto had a creati…

A First Look Inside MOWAA’s New Institute Shaping West African Art

Do you know that the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has shared an early look at its new Institute building in Benin City? Until now, this space has remained completely unseen, and the images offer the first sense of what the long-awaited project is beginning to look like on the inside. For years, MOWAA has been described as one of West Africa’s most ambitious cultural projects, and this preview begins to show why. The Institute spans 4,500 s…