The American Folk Art Museum holds a world-class collection of folk and contemporary art by self-taught artists throughout the United States and the world, located in Lincoln Square in Manhattan's Upper West Side neighborhood. The free-admission museum was founded in 1961 and showcases a permanent collection of more than 7,000 donated artworks and artifacts spanning from the 18th century to the present day. As the world's premiere institution dedicated to folk art, the museum holds works by acclaimed folk artists such as Thornton Dial, Judith Scott, Martín Ramírez, and Morris Hirshfield, displayed in permanent and temporary rotating exhibitions. 100 pieces of furniture and 300 decorative household items are also showcased, donated by the Historical Society of Early American Decoration.
2 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023, Phone: 212-595-9533
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