American Visionary Art Museum

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American Visionary Art Museum

Entrance at the American Visionary Art Museum - Stierch.jpg

Address
800 Key Highway
Baltimore, MD 21230 
Phone
(410) 244-1900
Area
Neighborhood
Price
$12
Web Page
http://www.avam.org/index.html

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Museums Type
Art museum

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Description

The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) is an art museum located in the Federal Hill neighborhood at 800 Key Highway in Baltimore, Maryland. The city agreed to give the museum a piece of land on the south shore of the Inner Harbor under the condition that its organizers would clean up residual pollution from a copper paint factory and a whiskey warehouse that formerly occupied the site. It has been designated by Congress as America's national museum for self-taught art.

AVAM has 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) of exhibit space but has a permanent collection of only 4,000 pieces. The collection includes works by visionary artists Ho Baron, Clyde Jones, Vollis Simpson and Ben Wilson as well as over 40 pieces from the Cabaret Mechanical Theatre of London. Some of this work is displayed in a gallery on the first floor of the Main Building, throughout the James Rouse Visionary Center, and outdoors when new temporary themed exhibitions are being installed. [1]

Hours Subject to change. Always verify.

  • Tuesday - Sunday
10 am-6 pm