Museum of Early American Folk Arts
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found: Wikipedia, March 29, 2016(American Folk Art Museum; the American Folk Art Museum is an art museum in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, 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; the Museum of Early American Folk Arts, as it was known initially, was established June 23, 1961 and held its first exhibition in a rented space on 49 West 53rd Street; in 1966, after receiving a permanent charter, the museum expanded its name and mission; as the Museum of American Folk Art, it looked beyond the traditional definitions of American folk art; its exhibitions and collection began to reflect every aspect of the folk arts in America--north, south, east, and west; in 2001, the museum chose its current name, American Folk Art Museum; recognizing that American folk art could only be fully understood in an international context, the word American functions as an indication of the museum's location, emphasis, and principal patronage rather than as a limitation on the kind of art it collects, interprets, or presents)
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1981-02-17: new
2016-03-30: revised
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