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American Visionary Art Museum Review
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American Visionary Art Museum 
Museums / Galleries, Federal Hill
Fodor's Review:
The nation's primary museum and education center for self-taught or "outsider" art has won great acclaim by both museum experts and those who don't even consider themselves art aficionados. Seven galleries exhibit the unusual creations -- paintings, sculptures, relief works, and pieces that defy easy classification -- of untrained "visionary" artists working outside the mainstream art world. In addition to the visual stimulation of amazingly intricate or refreshingly inventive works, reading the short bios of artists will give you insight to their often moving spiritual and expressive motivations. The museum's unusual, playful philosophy extends outside its walls, with large exhibits installed in a former whiskey warehouse and a 55-foot whirligig twirling in the museum's plaza.
INFO
- Address: 800 Key Hwy., Federal Hill, Baltimore, MD
- Phone: 410/244-1900
- Web site
- Cost: $12
- Open: Tues.-Sun. 10-6
- Best inexpensive parking option baltimore inner harbor AREA
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