Greetings!

Thank you for visiting the Museum of Fred.

The Museum of Fred is a time capsule, a place where the past is preserved for the future. Museums are among the few institutions that we have that can provide us with continuity in this ever-changing world. I hope to someday house my collection in an actual building, but museums are expensive to build and maintain. Fortunately, the Internet allows me to share these important works of art with you. Before the Internet only the wealthy could afford museums but now anyone can have a museum. I hope the Internet will allow for more diversity in the images and stories we’ll be able to preserve for future generations. Museums typically reflect the tastes of the wealthy patrons that fund them.

The paintings represented here were not created by well-known blue-chip artists. They were created by ordinary people. For unknown reasons they were donated to thrift stores where I purchased them. The previous owners felt they were not worth keeping. History typically ignores what happens in the average household. This is unfortunate because this is where our values are best represented. Our true values are reflected in what we buy how we spend our time and what we choose to create. As you can see from my collection there is a lot of art being created that never gets to be shown in public. The goal of this museum is to increase the boundaries of the art world because making art is too important to be left only to art professionals.
Thanks to all the artists that have made this museum possible.

Fred