Announcing three exhibitions coming to the American Folk Art Museum in 2026! ✨ Opening April 10: ‘Self-Made: A Century of Inventing Artists’ A look at artistic self-representation in the twentieth century and today, exploring how formally untrained artists have defined and depicted themselves as “capital-A Artists.” ‘Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States’ Opening during the celebration of the United States semiquincentennial, this exhibition draws from AFAM’s collection to examin

A behind-the-scenes look at uncrating works from ‘Mystery and Benevolence’ as they return to the American Folk Art Museum’s collection. Originally presented in our galleries, this exhibition explored the fascinating visual landscape of fraternal culture. It went on to travel to nearly a dozen other museums across the country–including stops at the Bullock Texas State History Museum, Huntsville Museum of Art, The Historic New Orleans Collection, Kalamazoo Valley Museum, and the Stuhr Museum. Part