about
The American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) is the official national museum, education center, and repository for intuitive, self-taught artistry.
history
1984
Museum founder Rebecca Alban Hoffberger has the idea for a unique new museum and education center that would emphasize intuitive creative invention and grassroots genius while she is employed as the Development Director of People Encouraging People, Inc.—a program of the Department of Psychiatry at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
A Top-10 Place to See Before You’re 10.
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—travel & Leisure magazine
American Visionary Art Museum
800 Key Highway
Baltimore, MD 21230
phone: (410) 244-1900
fax: (410) 244-5858