The American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) in Manhattan's Upper West Side will temporarily close its doors to the public this summer for a major renovation project set to revitalize the museum shop, ...

Staff at New York City's American Folk Art Museum (AFAM) are organizing for fair wages, benefits, and sustainable working conditions. On June 6, workers across the Upper Manhattan museum's departments ...

The American Folk Art Museum in New York has received a new gift of works made by self-taught artists from the legendary collection of Audrey B. Heckler. The works will be exhibited at some point in ...

Perched atop churches, barns, businesses, houses and seats of government, weather vanes have for hundreds of years taken the form of everything from farm animals to pets, storybook figures to race ...

The American Folk Art Museum may have lost its headquarters in Lincoln Square, but it’s setting up a new home in Long Island City. The New York Times reports that the museum plans to establish a ...

"Published on the occasion of the exhibition Self-Taught Genius: Treasures from the American Folk Art Museum. The exhibition and catalog are organized by the American Folk Art Museum, New ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Image of the architects' design for ...

At the American Folk Art Museum, notions of home are explored through objects that, at their best, create an intimate bond across centuries between visitors and the people who once owned them. Brian P ...