American Folk Art Museum
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American Folk Art Museum is a museum in New York, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. High Mountain stands 268 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard Tucker Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Palisades Scenic Byway passes 5.6 miles off.
The story
The American Folk Art Museum is an art museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, at 2 Lincoln Square, Columbus Avenue at 66th Street. It is the premier institution devoted to the aesthetic appreciation of folk art and creative expressions of contemporary self-taught artists from the United States and abroad. Its collection holds approximately 7,500 objects from the 18th century to the present. These works span both traditional folk art and the work of modern and contemporary self-taught artists and Art Brut. In its ongoing exhibitions, educational programming, and outreach, the museum showcases the creative expressions of individuals whose talents developed without formal artistic training. Since 2018, the Museum has been led by Jason T. Busch, Becky and Bob Alexander Director & CEO. In March 2025, readers of Newsweek magazine voted the American Folk Art Museum #1 in the publication's Best Art Museum 2025 readers' choice contest. Admission to the museum is free.
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Dates from 1961-06-23.
Wikidata Q464354, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 102.1 m
What to expect
- Fee
- No
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Palisades Scenic Byway, National
- 6.7 mi off the Bronx River Parkway
- 24.2 mi off the Merritt Parkway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Richard Tucker Square: 0.0 mi
- Laurie M. Tisch Illumination Lawn: 0.1 mi
- Dante Park: 0.1 mi
- 30 Lincoln Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Robert Moses Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Richard Tucker: 0.0 mi
- Madison Lyden: 0.2 mi
- Damrosch Park: 0.2 mi
- Adventure Playground: 0.2 mi
- USS Maine Monument: 0.3 mi
- Time Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Reclining Figure: 0.1 mi
- Dante Alighieri: 0.1 mi
- Constellation of Voices: 0.1 mi
- The Sources of Music: 0.1 mi
- Free Public Stargazing: 0.1 mi
- Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts: 0.2 mi
- Columbus Circle: 0.4 mi
- Central Park Carousel: 0.4 mi
- Bow Bridge: 0.5 mi
- Barclays Capital Grove: 0.1 mi
- Rock Garden: 0.3 mi
- Coliseum Park: 0.3 mi
- Nell Singer Lilac Walk: 0.4 mi
- Olmsted Flower Bed: 0.5 mi
- Museum of Arts and Design: 0.4 mi
- NYC Barber Shop Museum: 0.4 mi
- American Museum of Natural History: 0.7 mi
- Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation: 0.7 mi
- Hayden Planetarium: 0.7 mi
- Hallett Nature Sanctuary: 0.6 mi
- WNYC Transmitter Park: 3.2 mi
- Hackensack Meadowlands Conservation and Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
- Lehrer Tract: 5.3 mi
- Bird Island: 5.4 mi
- Vista Rock: 0.8 mi
- Summit Rock: 0.9 mi
- Great Hill: 2.0 mi
- Kings Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Mount Morris: 2.9 mi
- Hallet’s Cove: 2.4 mi
- Maxwell Place Beach: 2.8 mi
- Gansevoort Peninsula Sand Bluff: 2.8 mi
- Newport Sand Beach: 3.9 mi
- Pebble Beach: 4.8 mi
- Street Seats: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Area on Marcus Garvey Pool Deck: 3.0 mi
- Pier 3 Greenway Terrace: 5.3 mi
- Pier 5 Uplands Seating Area: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Peninsula: 5.5 mi
- Palisades: 2.1 mi
- Palisades: 2.5 mi
- Palisades: 3.8 mi
- Coogan's Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Palisades: 8.4 mi
- The Loch: 1.9 mi
- Ambergill Falls: 7.6 mi
- Fallkill Falls: 7.7 mi
- Binnen Falls: 7.7 mi
- The Falls: 10.9 mi
- LeFrak Point Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
- Sands Point Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
- Execution Rocks Light: 14.7 mi
- Sandy Hook Lighthouse: 21.5 mi
- Lighthouse Keeper's Quarters: 21.6 mi
- Vince Lombardi Service Area: 4.3 mi
- Larry Doby Service Area: 11.3 mi
- Thomas Edison Service Area: 20.9 mi
- Grover Cleveland Service Area: 21.0 mi
- Feltville Historic District: 22.2 mi
- Barber: 22.2 mi
- Tulip Springs: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of American Folk Art Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Mountain | NW 320° | 268 m | 17.7 mi |
| Beech Mountain | NW 319° | 260 m | 18.8 mi |
| Mount Cecchino | NW 320° | 230 m | 17.5 mi |
| Campgaw Mountain | NNW 330° | 224 m | 22.6 mi |
| LeGrande Hill | NW 321° | 219 m | 22.9 mi |
| Mount Nebo | N 9° | 208 m | 19.3 mi |
| Poacher Peak | NW 318° | 185 m | 19.2 mi |
| Moon Hill | NW 318° | 180 m | 18.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:32 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 19:50 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:19 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 15:48 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 78 | 76 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — NY City Cntrl Park, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Manhattan/Theater District · 1 mi
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- Manhattan/Chelsea · 2 mi
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