The American Folk Art Museum looked more plucked than plucky at the close of 2011. The museum owns the most extensive collection of American folk art anywhere, along with a large selection of folk art ...

Holger Cahill in his landmark 1932 exhibition American Folk Art: The Art of the Common Man in America, for the Museum of Modern Art, looked to the pre-industrial past for “the simple and unaffected ...

Instead you’ll find a strong cross-section of folk art’s various forms; from carvings to paintings to sewn crafts. Near the entrance to shop, which stays open longer than the museum itself ...