How to Visit
American Folk Art Museum
45 West 53rd Street, New York City
212. 265. 1040
www.folkartmuseum.org

Hours
Tuesday-Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday 10:30 AM–5:30 PM
Friday 10:30 AM–7:30 PM
Monday closed

Admission
Members: Free
Adults: $9
Seniors/Students: $7
Children under 12: Free
Friday 5:30–7:30 PM: Free to all

Public Transportation
Subway: E or V to 5 Avenue/53 Street; B, D, F, V to
47–50 Streets/Rockefeller Center
Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7

Accessibility

The museum is fully accessible to visitors with special needs. Copies of labels and wall texts in large type are available at the admissions desk and throughout the museum. American Sign Language interpretation for gallery tours and auditorium programs is available by request with one-month advance notice. Gallery tours with verbal imaging and tours of touch objects from the museum’s collection are available by request with one–month advance notice. Assisted-listening devices are available for auditorium programs. All levels of the building are wheelchair accessible; two wheelchairs are available for use during your visit. For details, please contact the education department at 212. 265. 1040, ext. 381.

Café
The intimate café, overlooking a lively streetscape, offers a variety of soups, sandwiches, salads, desserts, and beverages.

Book and Gift Shop
Features gift items and handcrafted, one-of-a-kind objects related to the current exhibition, as well as an extensive selection of books on the decorative arts and folk art.

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Public Program Highlights

October 2007
10/10 Field trip: Jewish Traditions in New York City, a collaboration with Eldridge Street Project, New York
10/24 Panel discussion: Perspectives on Jewish Woodcarving

November 2007
11/6 Curator-led exhibition tour
11/13 Curatorial talk: An Exhibition Journey
11/14 Film screening: Coney Island, a documentary by Ric Burns (1991)

December 2007
12/4 Curator-led exhibition tour
12/5 Lecture: Immigration on the Lower East Side, a collaboration with the Tenement Museum, New York
12/12 Lecture: Genesis of the Coney Island History Project, a collaboration with the Coney Island History Project, Brooklyn, New York

January 2008
1/11 Papercutting workshop

 

Program information:
212. 265. 1040, ext. 105

Docent-led tours for groups and schools:
212. 265. 1040, ext. 381; grouptours@folkartmuseum.org

Sunday family art workshops: familyprograms@folkartmuseum.org