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American Folk Art Museum Review
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American Folk Art Museum
Museums / Galleries, Midtown West
Fodor's Review:
Weather vanes, quilts, pottery, scrimshaw, sculpture, and paintings give an excellent overview of the freewheeling folk art genre, but the exterior is a work of art as well: the eight-story building was designed in 2001 by husband-and-wife team Tod Williams and Billie Tsein and the facade, consisting of 63 hand-cast panels of alloyed bronze, reveals individual textures, sizes, and plays of light. The museum's award-winning gift shop has an outstanding collection of handcrafted items.
INFO
- Address: 45 W. 53rd St., between 5th and 6th Aves., Midtown West, New York, NY
- Phone: 212/265-1040
- Web site
- Cost: $9; free Fri. 5:30 PM-7:30 PM
- Open: Tues.-Thurs. and weekends 10:30-5:30, Fri. 10:30-7:30
- Metro: E, V to 5th Ave./53rd St.; B, D, E to 7th Ave.; B, D, F, V to 47th-50th Sts./Rockefeller Center
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