The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Disney Donates African Art

By Caroline Preston

The Walt Disney Company has donated its collection of African art to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of African Art, in Washington, one of several museums vying for the gift. While neither Disney nor the Smithsonian has estimated the gift's value, experts cited in the Los Angeles Times placed the collection's value at between $20-million and $45-million.

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