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National Museum of American Illustration

Newport, United States of America

National Museum of American Illustration

The National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI), founded in 1998, is the first national museum to be devoted exclusively to American illustration artwork. The NMAI is located in the Vernon Court mansion on Bellevue Avenue in Newport, Rhode Island. The museum's collection contains over 2,000 orig

inal works by noted American illustrators such as Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, J. C. Leyendecker, N.C. Wyeth, and others. The Museum has been closed for renovation for several years and its website does not provide a date for reopening. As of May, 2026, the Museum no longer responds to emails.

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