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American Folk Art Museum

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American Folk Art Museum
45 W. 53rd St.
New York, NY 10019
Venue Type: Museum

Neighborhood:
midtown



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> CURRENT EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS
October 6th - September 6th, 2010 APPROACHING ABSTRACTION
Aloise Corbaz, Johnny Culver, Thornton Dial Sr., Hiroyuki Doi, Bessie Harvey, Rafael Lonne, J.B. Murry, Melvin Way, Adolf Wolfli, Purvis Young
 
October 6th - September 13th, 2010 UP CLOSE: HENRY DARGER AND THE COLORING BOOK
Henry Darger
 
September 29th - March 7th, 2010 THOMAS CHAMBERS (1808-1869): AMERICAN MARINE AND LANDSCAPE PAINTER
Thomas Chambers
 
> QUICK FACTS
WEBSITE:  
http://www.folkartmuseum.org
EMAIL:  
info@folkartmuseum.org
OPEN HOURS:  
Tues - Sun 10:30 - 5:30, Fri 10:30 - 7:30
PHONE:  
212-265-1040
FAX:  
212- 265-2350
COST:  
Adults $9 Students and Seniors $7 Members and children under 12 and Fridays after 5:30 Free
TAGS:  
contemporary, traditional-craft
> DESCRIPTION
The American  Folk Art Museum is dedicated to the preservation, exhibition and study of American folk art and craft.  The Museum has a permanent collection of over 4,000 artifacts and galleries for on going exhibitions as well as rotating exhibitions. The Museum also has a study center for contemporary outsider art as well as The Henry Darger Study Center, which provides the opportunity to examine a vast personal archive of this beloved self taught artist and author.

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