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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

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The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum offers changing exhibitions of American folk art from its permanent holdings and museum loan shows. Colonial and contemporary artists and craftspeople work outside the mainstream of academic art to record aspects of everyday life, making novel and effective use of the materials at hand. Bold colors, simplified shapes, and imaginative surface patterns can be seen in the variety of paintings, carvings, toys, needlework they create.

Hours
Open Daily, 10am to 7pm

Prices
$6 Adults
$4 Youths (6-17 years)

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    Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

    325 West Francis Street
    Williamsburg, VA 23185

    Phone: 757.229.1000   |   Official Website

  • Current Events

    11/26/09- Ongoing

    Material Witnesses: Quilts and Their Makers Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Material Witnesses: Quilts and Their Makers Presented by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum at Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum November 26, 2009 - Ongoing This exhibition tells the fascinating and varied stories of the women and men who produced intricate, colorful bed coverings in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

    06/29/08- Ongoing

    Growing Up in the 19th Century Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Growing Up in the 19th Century Presented by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum at Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum June 29, 2008 - Ongoing What was it like growing up in the 1800s? Did children enjoy the same activities that they do today? Visitors will hear stories from the past as they explore the galleries and make a 19th-century toy.

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  Upcoming Events

  • Current Events

    11/26/09- Ongoing

    Material Witnesses: Quilts and Their Makers Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Material Witnesses: Quilts and Their Makers Presented by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum at Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum November 26, 2009 - Ongoing This exhibition tells the fascinating and varied stories of the women and men who produced intricate, colorful bed coverings in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

    06/29/08- Ongoing

    Growing Up in the 19th Century Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum Growing Up in the 19th Century Presented by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum at Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum June 29, 2008 - Ongoing What was it like growing up in the 1800s? Did children enjoy the same activities that they do today? Visitors will hear stories from the past as they explore the galleries and make a 19th-century toy.

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    There are no upcoming events available for this organization at this time.

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  • Past Events

    05/29/10	Material Witnesses: Quilts and Their Makers Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
    05/07/10- 07/11/10	Fairy Tale Art:Illustrations from Children's Books Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
    03/05/10- 04/25/10	Illuminations: Tidewater Artists Explore the New Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
    03/05/10- 10/10/10	Trains and Transportation Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
    02/13/10- 12/31/11	The Art of Steve Harley Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
    12/20/08- 01/03/10	Sidewalks to Rooftops: Outdoor Folk Art Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
    12/20/08- 01/03/10	Sidewalk to Rooftops: Outdoor Folk Art Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
    06/14/08- 11/08/09	Seeing Stars in American Bedcovers Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
    03/15/08- 12/31/08	Scenes of Everyday Life: The Drawings of Lewis Miller Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

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