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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum

Category: Arts + Monuments + Museums

S. England St, Williamsburg, VA 23188
757.220.7698

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1. Busch Gardens Virginia
2. Golden Horseshoe Golf Club
3. Colonial Tours
4. Williamsburg Winery
5. Carter's Grove plantation
6. Annual Opera In the Vineyards
7. Berkeley Boxwood Garden Tour
8. DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum
9. Fourth of July at Colonial Williamsburg
10. Muscarelle Museum of Art
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum - Reviews from across the web

The Throne well worth the visit! - user review
The traveling exhibit, The Throne, a work of art by James Hampton, was worth the trip to the Folk Art Center, and I highly recommend seeing this incredible display. No words can describe ...
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A Must See in Williamsburg! - user review
Our family vacationed in Williamsburg right after Christmas. We visited the Rockefeller house and museum, and left knowing that the price of the ticket for entrance was more than worth ...
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The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
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, carvin...
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum - Williamsburg - Reviews of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum - TripAdvisor
Our family vacationed in Williamsburg right after Christmas. We visited the Rockefeller house and museum, and left knowing that the price of the ticket for entrance was more than worth it! The folk art pieces (incredible paintings, doll houses, and sculptures) were absolutely gorgeous, and seeing th...
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center/ DeWitt Wallace Gallery / Colonial Williamsburg
The award winning Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum is the first institution in the United States devoted exclusively to collecting, exhibiting and researching American folk art. Its broad collection of folk works -- primitives, whirligigs, weather vanes, carvings and toys -- represent many d...
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum - Metromix Hampton Roads Arts and Culture
: Attributed to furniture decorator Johannes Spitler, this richly painted Shenandoah Valley Chest, made sometime between 1800 and 1807, has become one of the most celebrated examples of German-Ame...
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2. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum - Discover the Arts in Williamsburg, Virginia
Enjoy the unrestrained exuberance of American folk art in its new home, adjacent to the Wallace Museum. Explore artistic talents expressed in paintings, sculpture, textiles, painted furniture and musical instruments. Daily introductory tours and interactive craft projects involve the whole family. M...
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Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum in Colonial Williamsburg rejuvenated in new space - cleveland.com
Abby Aldrich Rockefeller, a driving force in the founding of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, was one of the first collectors of folk art. She began buying work from non-academically trained artists in the early 20th century, when folk art was considered beneath collectors' notice, said Ronald ...
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