American Visionary Art Museum main building with Fifi the kinetic sculpture in front.

“One of the most fantastic museums anywhere in America.”

–CNN

AVAM specializes in original thematic exhibitions that seamlessly combine art, science, philosophy, humor and especially social justice and betterment.

Oct. 5, 2019 – Sep. 5, 2021

The Secret Life of Earth

Oct. 10, 2020 - Fall 2022

The Science and Mystery of Sleep

Feb. 23, 2019 - Mar. 3, 2024

Esther and the Dream of One Loving Human Family

Nov. 23, 2020 - May 23, 2022

A Visionary Spirit for Invention

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“I had a lotta junk and I had

to do something with it.”

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America’s official

national museum,

education center,

and repository

for self-taught and intuitive artistry

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Cosmic Egg Portrait & Art Kit
Sat, Apr 03
By AVAM's Jim Rouse Visionary Center
Apr 03, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM EDT
By AVAM's Jim Rouse Visionary Center, 840 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD 21230, USA
Register for an egg-citing, free spring photo with our Cosmic Galaxy Egg sculpture. We'll take a socially-distanced INSTANT photo of you that you can take home right away. Optional: Add a limited edition Cosmic Egg picture frame kit! Can't attend, but want a frame shipped to you? Visit avam.org/shop
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Logan Visionary Conference: Bigger Love
Sun, Apr 11
Online
Apr 11, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT
Online
AVAM’s annual and free conference of international experts focuses on the transformational power of love: for the earth, each other, oneself, and as applied to equitable economic systems.
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kinetic Sculpture Race
Sat, May 01
Online
May 01, 11:00 AM EDT
Online
The Kinetic Sculpture Race is model perfect this year. Watch as miniature model “Dream Machine” 3D artful sculptures made by members of the public like YOU, compete over miniature land, sea, mud and sand. This page is for spectators. To enter a model, see https://www.avam.org/kinetic-sculpture-race
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Gala - Save the Date
Sat, Nov 20
American Visionary Art Museum
Nov 20, 6:00 PM
American Visionary Art Museum, 800 Key Hwy, Baltimore, MD 21230, USA
Save the date for the museum's gala.
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Kinetic Sculpture Race

Jim Rouse Visionary Center

Three Enchanting Floors

1st floor Visionary Village

2nd floor conference room

2nd floor conference room

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Have your ceremony or cocktail hour in the Sculpture Barn and Wildflower Garden, followed by your reception in the JRVC Banquet Room.

1st floor

Host cocktails here for an additional fee, and have your ceremony on the 3rd floor Banquent Room or Sculpture Barn.

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“One of the most fantastic museums anywhere in America.”

–CNN

Oct. 5, 2019 – Sep. 5, 2021

The Secret Life of Earth

Oct. 10, 2020 - Fall 2022

The Science and Mystery of Sleep

Feb. 23, 2019 - Mar. 3, 2024

Esther and the Dream of One Loving Human Family

Nov. 23, 2020 - May 23, 2022

A Visionary Spirit for Invention

ONGOING

Permanent Collection

America’s official

national museum,

education center,

and repository

for self-taught and intuitive artistry

Upcoming events

Kinetic Sculpture Race

A human-powered,

eco-happy race of artful contraptions built by ordinary people

to travel

over land, water,

sand and mud.

Annual events

“Adults are obligated to have fun,

so kids will want to grow older.”

–Hobart Brown

jrvc + SCULPTURE BARN

Have your ceremony or cocktail hour in the Sculpture Barn and Wildflower Garden, followed by your reception in the JRVC Banquet Room.

1st floor

Host cocktails here for an additional fee, and have your ceremony on the 3rd floor Banquent Room or Sculpture Barn.

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“One of the most fantastic museums anywhere in America.”

–CNN

Oct. 5, 2019 – Sep. 5, 2021

The Secret Life of Earth

Oct. 10, 2020 - Fall 2022

The Science and Mystery of Sleep

Feb. 23, 2019 - Mar. 3, 2024

Esther and the Dream of One Loving Human Family

Nov. 23, 2020 - May 23, 2022

A Visionary Spirit for Invention

ONGOING

Permanent Collection

America’s official

national museum,

education center,

and repository

for self-taught and intuitive artistry

Upcoming events

Kinetic Sculpture Race

A human-powered,

eco-happy race of artful contraptions built by ordinary people

to travel

over land, water,

sand and mud.

Annual events

“Adults are obligated to have fun,

so kids will want to grow older.”

–Hobart Brown

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