American Folklife Center

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American Folklife Center
Location	Washington, D.C., United States
Type	Research center
Scope	To preserve and present American Folklife
Established	1976 (1976)
Collection
Items collected	All aspects of folklore and folklife worldwide
Size	6 million
Other information
Parent organization	Library of Congress
Website	www.loc.gov/folklife/

The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. was created by Congress in 1976 "to preserve and present American Folklife".^[1] The center includes the Archive of Folk Culture, established at the library in 1928 as a repository for American folk music. The center and its collections have grown to encompass all aspects of folklore and folklife worldwide.