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.
Please check the museum website for updated exhibition information. Scheduling may have been modified as a result of the temporary museum closure.
Exhibitions & Dates
Dressing with Purpose: Belonging and Resistance in Scandinavia
Dec 5 2021 - Feb 19 2023
Exploring the influence of traditional dress on the contemporary Scandinavian
Yōkai: Ghosts & Demons of Japan
Dec 8 2019 - Sep 4 2023
Popular creatures that are at once ghastly and comical
Between the Lines: Prison Art & Advocacy
Sep 8 2024 - Sep 5 2025
Themes of incarceration, social justice and prisoners’ rights, recidivism and transitional justice.
La Cartonería Mexicana / The Mexican Art of Paper and Paste
Jan 29 2023 - Jun 30 2024
Whimsical historic and contemporary sculptures of paste, cardboard, and paper
To Keep Them Warm: The Alaska Native Parka
May 21 2023 - Apr 7 2024
Explores the continuum of Alaska Native parka-making