Located in Ibirapuera Park, the Museum preserves, 11 000 m² in a collection of over 6000 works, including paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, documents and ethnological pieces of Brazilian and foreign authors, produced between the eighteenth century and the days today. The collection covers many aspects of African and african-Brazilian cultural universes, covering topics such as religion, work, art, bondage, among others to record the historical trajectory and African influences in the construction of Brazilian society.