National Museum of American Illustration
| Established | 1998 |
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| Location | Newport, Rhode Island, US |
| Coordinates | 41°28′11″N 71°18′25″W / 41.4696°N 71.3069°W |
| Type | Visual art |
| Director | Laurence S. Cutler and Judy Goffman Cutler |
| Website | http://www.americanillustration.org/ |
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 original works by noted American illustrators such as Norman Rockwell, Maxfield Parrish, J. C. Leyendecker, N.C. Wyeth, and others.