Courtesy of the American Folk Art Museum
Title: Tour of the American Folk Art Museum Archives and Special Collections
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 19th, 2026, at 5:45 PM (Tour begins promptly at 6: 00 PM)
Duration: 1 hour
Capacity: 12
Admission: Free! (ART Members only)
Location: 47-29 32nd Place Long Island City, NY 11101
Event attendees are invited to visit the American Folk Art Museum Archives reading room for an overview of the AFAM's institutional archives, special collections, and archive projects. Featured in this tour will be exhibition history, artist papers, gravestone documentation collections, and the Healing Arts Initiative grant project.
This is an in-person event limited to 12 attendees. Registration is non-transferable. Please note that you MUST reserve a ticket in advance online in order to attend this event.
In the occasion that the event is sold out, we highly recommend joining the waitlist. An ART staff member will reach out to you if a spot becomes available. Unless you've been given permission, please do not show up at the event without registering.
How to find the American Folk Art Museum Archives
The American Folk Art Museum Archives are located at 47-29 32nd Place, Long Island City, NY 11101.
Meeting location
Please ring the buzzer to be let in upon arrival at the archives in Long Island City. Archival staff will meet attendees by the entry way on floor 2. Be advised that the archives are located on the second floor which requires climbing stairs. If an accessible entrance is required, please reach out to coordinate where to meet staff for assistance.
About
The American Folk Art Museum Archives collects, preserves, and makes accessible primary source materials that document the history and field of folk art, self-taught art, and art brut. The Archives include AFAM institutional archives that document the development and activities of the Museum, as well as distinctive special collections related to the founding and development of the field, folk artists and networks, and how artists, collectors, curators, and scholars have shaped the field. Archival materials include audio, video, photographs, ephemera, clippings, manuscripts, correspondence, and expansive artist and subject files. Read more about the AFAMA here
Staff Bios
Maylyn Iglesias is the HAI Project Assistant Archivist at the American Folk Art Museum. Maylyn is also a photographer and educator at the International Center for Photography and the Josephine Herrick Project.
Noa Ryan is the CLIR Processing Archivist & Project Manager at the American Folk Art Museum. She processes the Healing Arts Initiative, Inc. collection in the museum's archives under a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources.
Kailee Faber is the archivist for the American Folk Art Museum. She oversees all administrative and service aspects of the archives with the support of Noa and Maylyn.
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