Holdings represent the largest collection of international folk art in the world: 130,000 objects from more than 100 countries.
The folk art collections include African, Asian & Middle Eastern, Contemporary Hispano & Latino, European & North American, Latin American, and Spanish Colonial as well as Textiles & Costumes.
Exhibitions & Dates
Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia
Dec 13 2020 - Feb 13 2022
Exploring the influence of traditional dress on the contemporary Scandinavian
Yokai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan
Dec 8 2019 - Jan 10 2021
Artworks present creatures that are at once ghastly and comical
Alexander Girard: A Designer's Universe
May 5 2019 - Oct 27 2019
Explores one of the most influential interior and textile designers of the 20th century
Girard's Modern Folk
May 5 2019 - Jan 26 2020
Juxtapositions of his design work and objects from his folk art collection
Community through Making From Peru to New Mexico
Jan 6 2019 - Jan 5 2020
Explores how art shapes healthy and vibrant communities
Música Buena: Hispano Folk Music of New Mexico
Oct 6 2019 - Mar 7 2021
Some 75 objects explore the rich history of Hispano music from the arrival of the Spanish through today.