Art Of Africa and Oceania at the Museum of Fine Arts

By Tyler  Andrade

Have you ever wondered what the African lifestyle was like before slavery? There were great kingdoms, Pharoahs, and Empires. Well me and my friends went back into the past, to the MFA, located in the Fenway neighborhood, near Northeastern University. The Museum is free, everyday, for students under 17 (and even for adults like Ms. D, it’s free on Wednesdays).  There were lovely bronze statues of men with weapons and weird faces on masks that looked like they would soon come alive. Once I stepped into the exhibit I felt like I was in the movie “Night at the Museum”. Everything seemed to be coming alive, popping off walls and dragging us back into the past. There were special gold decorations that were probably worth over a million dollars. I feel that the Art of Africa and Oceania exhibit would benefit from being expanded to include more artifacts like costumes and more masks. We had a really good time there, and I would highly recommend taking a visit to the MFA because...