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- EIN 13-1985627
- 2122651040
- 2 Lincoln Square 1865 Broadway New York NY 10023 USA
- www.folkartmuseum.org
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Causes: Art Museums, Arts & Culture, Museums
Mission: THE AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM IS THE PREMIER INSTITUTION DEVOTED TO THE AESTHETIC APPRECIATION OF TRADITIONAL FOLK ART AND CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS OF CONTEMPORARY SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS FROM THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD. THE MUSEUM PRESERVES, CONSERVES, AND INTERPRETS A COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF THE HIGHEST QUALITY, WITH OBJECTS DATIN FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO THE PRESENT.
Results: Read a review of a recent exhibition: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/15/arts/design/artist-and-visionary-prior-at-folk-art-museum.html?_r=0&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1367355612-Suv6S2Iy1uYSoIP3nYi/Eg&gwh=FF542435EC087A3304645EB74AA1BA76
Programs: Development and presentation of exhibitions and programs that present new ideas, artists, and artworks that shape and define the field of folk art and work by self-taught artists. The museum also preserves and maintains a comprehensive collection of more than 7,700 objects, loans artworks to other exhibitions, organizes traveling exhibition, and makes its collection available for study.
education programs that benefit pre k-12th grade students with single class visits, museum-school partnerships, teen docent programs, and summer camp programs; an educational library and study center for the benefit of scholars and researchers and the general public by appointment; and adult programs that serve life-long learners with a robust program of lectures, films, concerts, docent tours, symposia, and special events.
museum book and gift shop makes merchandise available to the public including hand-made items, artistic reproductions and publications that reflect the mission and vision of the museum.
reproduction rights of the museum's exhibits.