# *Folk Nation: Crafting Patriotism in the United States*

Group exhibition · Oct 9, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027 · on view, just opened

Works from the museum’s own collection on how vernacular art shaped an American sense of self.

Timed to the United States semiquincentennial, the show draws on the American Folk Art Museum’s collections to trace links between vernacular art and the making of a national identity.

One featured work is Miss Liberty Reaches Out to Welcome the Persecuted by Reverend Benjamin Franklin Perkins (1904–1993).

Full details: [folkartmuseum.org](https://folkartmuseum.org/exhibitions/)

## At [American Folk Art Museum](https://onview.so/manhattan/american-folk-art-museum.md)

Museum in Upper West Side, New York City.

- Address: 2 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023
- Hours: Wed–Sun 11:30–6
- Website: https://folkartmuseum.org
- Directions: <https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=American%20Folk%20Art%20Museum%2C%202%20Lincoln%20Square%2C%20New%20York%2C%20NY%2010023>
- On the map: https://onview.so/manhattan/map/american-folk-art-museum

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