Mission
FOUNDED IN 1961 THE AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM IS THE NATIONS MUSEUM OF FOLK AND SELF-TAUGHT ARTISTS. CANDID GENUINE AND UNEXPECTED. AFAM CELEBRATES THE CREATIVITY OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE SINGULAR TALENTS HAVE BEEN REFINED THROUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE RATHER THAN FORMAL ARTISTIC TRAINING WITH A COLLECTION SPANNING 7,500 WORKS OF ART FROM FOUR CENTURIES AND NEARLY EVERY CONTINENT THE MUSEUM ENGAGES PEOPLE OF ALL BACKGROUNDS THROUGH ITS COLLECTIONS EXHIBITIONS PUBLICATIONS AND PUBLIC PROGRAMS AS THE LEADING FORUM SHAPING THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF FOLK AND SELF-TAUGHT ART THANKS TO THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF OUR MEMBER PATRONS AND DONORS ADMISSION IS ALWAYS FREE.