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Exhibitions at the
Museum of Contemporary Crafts / American Craft Museum (1956–1990)

This collection contains documentation from exhibitions sponsored by the American Craft Council (ACC) and held at the Museum of Contemporary Crafts (1956–1979) and the American Craft Museum (1980–1990) in New York City. The ACC and the museum became independent organizations after this time, and the museum changed its name to the Museum of Arts and Design in 2002.

Select content from several of the exhibitions listed below are available online as part of the Center for Craft Community Library and Archives Digital Collection. To view these materials online—including catalogs, newsletter articles, and images—click on the name of the exhibition below. Please note that the content available online represents a small percentage of archival documentation available for each exhibition.

For a more complete listing of materials from a specific exhibition archive file listed below, please contact the Program Director, Archives and Special Collections.