Experts' Choice Award American Visionary Art Museum
What the experts agree on
The nation's leading showcase for self-taught "outsider" art, spread across quirky buildings including a former whiskey warehouse. Expect whimsical, unbridled creativity—more fun house than traditional museum.
“Dedicated to visionary art (which is, simply put, created by self-taught artists who play by their own rules) is more fun house than museum.”
– Travel + Leisure
Concierge "This Federal Hill museum has a populist mission: to celebrate the self-taught artistry of factory workers and farmers, institutionalized patients, even a respected Maryland surgeon."
Lonely PlanetTop choice
"A showcase for self-taught (or 'outsider' art), a celebration of unbridled creativity." Full review
Fodor's "The nation's primary museum and education center for self-taught or "outsider" art has won great acclaim." Full review
Afar Magazine "Baltimore is host to a very unique artistic culture, and none may be more different than what is on display at the American Visionary Art Museum." Full review
Michelin Guide 0 Stars
"Also look for large exhibits displayed in an adjacent former whiskey warehouse, and a 55ft whirligig in the outside plaza." Full review
On the Grid "A truly one-of-a-kind museum, don’t come here expecting to see run-of-the-mill works of art." Full review
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Be sure to stop in SIDESHOW for a quirky souvenir.
Where "This unique museum in three buildings presents works by self-taught, outsider artists." Full review
Atlas Obscura "A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art " Full review
The Wall Street Journal "Dedicated to self-taught artists, with offbeat treasures like the 8-foot-tall ‘Cosmic Galaxy Egg.’."
Frommer's "This museum takes an irreverent look at art, while still honoring the visionaries who have created the wonders contained inside" Full review
