Museums - Art and Culture Center of Hollywood

The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood was established in 1975 as South Broward County’s only visual arts center, and has evolved into one of south Florida’s leading arts organizations. After a brief interval, the facility discovered it had outgrown its physical space, so in 1991 it abandoned its oceanfront quarters for the historic Kagey Mansion in downtown Hollywood, which is now its current home. The move allowed immediate expansion in display space. The center revised its mission in 1997 to include the performing arts.
The center has a collection of some fifty traditional objects from Africa, acquired through anonymous donations. Important objects in the collection include works from the Baule, Biombo, Ekoi, Ashanti, Yaka, Kuba and Pende. All of the African collection is currently in storage, accessible by appointment. There are potential plans for exhibiting the works in 2005.