Artnet News on Ethiopia’s Zoma Museum‘It’s All About Life’: Ethiopia’s Newest Art Museum Doubles as an Experiment in Environmental Sustainability. The Zoma Museum, an alternative arts and ecological institution in Addis Ababa, opened in March. (Photo by Michel Temteme, courtesy of Zoma Museum)Artnet NewsA museum made of mud and straw has opened its doors in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. To that end, the Zoma Museum, which opened its doors on March 23, is a low-lying, eco-sensitive arts center with farming plots, herb gardens, grazing animals, and traditional Ethiopian houses for artist residencies, workshops, and exhibitions. Visitors to the museum “come to experience the sources of food,” which is cultivated on site at Zoma, Assegued says.

Source: Ethiopian News April 22, 2019 12:00 UTC