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.

American Visionary Art Museum

800 Key Highway

Baltimore, MD 21230

phone: (410) 244-1900

fax: (410) 244-5858