FEATURED EXHIBITS
Journey through the empires that shaped Africa, Europe, and the world.
MALI EMPIRE · 14TH CENTURY
Mansa Musa
The richest man in recorded history. Emperor of the Mali Empire, his 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca crashed the gold market across the Mediterranean.
IBERIA · 711–1492
Al-Andalus
For nearly 800 years, the Moors transformed Spain into the most advanced civilization in Europe — with universities, running water, and street lighting.
MALI · 13TH–17TH CENTURY
Timbuktu
The legendary city of scholars. Home to the University of Sankore with 25,000 students and hundreds of thousands of manuscripts.