"Moroccan art and artists remain at the heart of our collection and interpretation projects," Dumouchelle said in an interview with MAP, on the occasion of the travel to Washington D.C. of the exhibition "Golden Caravans, Fragments in Time," initiated with the contribution of Morocco.

Asked about Morocco's cultural policy aimed at promoting museums locally and throughout the region, the museum curator described it as "a valuable and important approach."

"Cultural institutions, such as museums, are not only an essential lever for preservation, documentation, research, teaching and engagement with heritage and history, but they are also important economic drivers," he noted.

Regarding future partnerships with Morocco, Dumouchelle said he had "the great pleasure of making several trips to the Kingdom in recent years to meet and work with several artists in Morocco in order to develop a future exhibition project."

Featuring more than 300 works of art covering five centuries and a vast geographical area, the exhibition "Golden Caravans, Fragments in Time" displays unpublished contributions from the Ministry of Culture, the National Museum Foundation, the Bank Al-Maghrib Museum and the University of El Jadida.

For the American public, the event is an occasion to appreciate the unique role of the Kingdom in pan-African, global and cosmopolitan history.

Held by the National Museum of African Art in collaboration with the Block Museum of Northwestern University, this exhibition draws on the latest archaeological and historical discoveries and offers a glimpse of the medieval trans-Saharan exchange and legacy.