American Folk Art Museum

About

The American Folk Art Museum is an art museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, at 2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street. It is the premier institution devoted to the aesthetic appreciation of folk art and creative expressions of contemporary self-taught artists from the United States and abroad.

Its collection holds approximately 7,500 objects from the 18th century to the present. These works span both traditional folk art and the work of modern and contemporary self-taught artists and Art Brut. In its ongoing exhibitions, educational programming, and outreach, the museum showcases the creative expressions of individuals whose talents developed without formal artistic training. Since 2018, the Museum has been led by Jason T. Busch, Becky and Bob Alexander Director & CEO. In March 2025, readers of Newsweek magazine voted the American Folk Art Museum #1 in the publication's Best Art Museum 2025 readers' choice contest.