National Museum of American Illustration

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Bellevue Ave, Newport, Rhode Island

americanillustration.org

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The National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI) was founded in 1998 as the first national museum to be devoted exclusively to American illustration artwork. It is housed in the mansion Vernon Court, designed by the noted Gilded Age architecture firm Carrère and Hastings, and has a collection with over 2,000 original works by noted American illustrators such as Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, J. C. Leyendecker, N.C. Wyeth, and others.

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Lat: 41.469671 Lng: -71.306069