Culture in Lincoln Square

A single floor of self-taught American art on Columbus Avenue, free every day it opens. The collection runs to quilts and weathervanes. Portraits by painters who never trained hang near the drawings of Henry Darger. You can walk the whole thing in forty minutes.

Wed to Sun, 11:30am to 6pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday

Four floors of contemporary craft in the Edward Durell Stone building on the south side of Columbus Circle, reclad by Brad Cloepfil and reopened in 2008. The collection is glass, clay, metal and fiber rather than painting, and artists work in open studios on the sixth floor. Wednesday is the long day, open until eight.

Tue, Thu to Sun, 10am to 6pm. Wed, noon to 8pm. Closed Monday. Pay-what-you-wish 5pm to 8pm on the first Wednesday of the month, in person only