Folk museum
A folk museum[1] is a museum that deals with folk culture and heritage. Such museums cover local life in rural communities. A folk museum typically displays historical objects that were used as part of the people's everyday lives.[2] Examples of such objects include clothes and tools. Many folk museums are also open-air museums and some cover rural history.
Fife Folk Museum exhibit.
A local museum in Suomussalmi
Among the very most notable folk museums are:
- Craft and Folk Art Museum, on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, now also known as "Craft Contemporary"
- Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, adjacent to historic Williamsburg, Virginia, asserted to be the earliest-opened still-operating museum of American folk art
See also
- Category:Folk art museums and galleries
- Local museum
- Open-air museum
References
- "Folk museum". Glosbe. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
- "Folk museum". Oxford Learner's Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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