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American Folk Art Museum
American Folk Art Museum 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. You'll also find a large collection of contemporary self-taught artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, including the single largest collection of reclusive Chicago artist Henry Darger, known for his mythic, mural-size painting. The museum's gift shop has an outstanding collection of handcrafted items.
- Address: 2 Lincoln Sq., Columbus Ave. at 66th St., Upper West Side, New York, NY, 10023 | Map It
- Phone: 212/768-1560
- Cost: $12; Fri. 5:30 pm-7:30 pm, free
- Hours: Tues.-Sun. 10:30-5:30, Fri. 10:30-7:30
- Website: www.folkartmuseum.org
- Subway: E, M to 5th Ave./53rd St.; B, D, E to 7th Ave.; B, D, F, M to 47th-50th Sts./Rockefeller Center.
- Location: Upper West Side
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bachslunch, from US
It's not as much of a must-see as the Met, MoMA, or American Museum of Natural History, but this is a worthy moderate sized museum in its own right. Has some very strange but highly compelling pieces on display, including several pieces by Henry Darger. Worth a visit.
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