Walking through the galleries, three main themes are evident in the layout of spaces and elements: scale, variety and views. Notions of scale were briefly touched upon, in the analogy of the museum as a house for art, where the scale of the spaces is similar to a house. Also, the spaces are scaled to the size of the artwork, which tends towards the small in the gallery spaces but large in the circulation below the skylight at the center of the building. Under this skylight an aspect of the second theme is apparent, in the variety of locating art objects. Typically segregated to gallery spaces, here the artwork is integrated into the rest of the museum. Variety is also present in the different stairs provided for vertical movement, which allow for multiple means to view the collection. The last theme is easily the most impressive; the provision for views through and across spaces. Walking through the four floors of gallery spaces I found myself peering through openings in walls and displays at other visitors, more than I gazed at the artwork on display. These distractions are obviously intentional, adding to the richness of experience. Folk Art Museum.............New York City