*This Museum IS NOT Participating in Museum Day 2011*
45 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019
(212) 265-1040
American Folk Art Museum Website »
Founded in 1961, the museum is the foremost institution devoted to the collection, exhibition, study, and preservation of folk art. Innovative exhibitions, educational programs, and scholarly publications explore the nation's diverse cultural heritage and related global expressions The museum is home to a preeminent collection of folk art dating from the 18th century to the present.
A choice group of objects from the museum's extensive permanent collection focusing on the figure and including folk paintings, weathervanes, quilts and needlework of the 18th and 19th century and work by self-taught artists of the 20th and 21st century, is on view on two floors of the museum's award-winning building.
Participation in Museum Day is open to any tax-exempt or governmental museum or cultural venue on a voluntary basis. Smithsonian magazine encourages museum visitation, but is not responsible for and does not endorse the content of the participating museums and cultural venues, and does not subsidize museums that participate.
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