About Folklore: National Folklore Organizations

What is Folklore?

What Do Folklorists Do?

History of Folklore Study

Where to Study Folklore

Folklore in K-12 Education

Public Folklore

National and International Folklore Organizations

Notable Folklore Books and Journals

Educational Resources

Potter Lanier Meaders of Georgia. Meaders has received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Photograph by John Burrison, courtesy of the Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution. From the Masters of Traditional Arts DVD-ROM, produced by Alan Govenar and published by ABC-CLIO.


National and International Folklore Organizations Follow the links below to the web sites of national and international organizations involved with folklore and traditional culture. American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Association canadienne d'ethnologie et de folklore/Folklore Studies Association of Canada Australian Folklore Network Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, and Smithsonian Global Sound China Folklore Society Deutsche Gesellschaft für Volkskunde English Folk Dance and Song Society Folk and Traditional Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts The Folklore Fellows The Folklore Society (United Kingdom) The Folklore Society of Japan Folkstreams Fund for Folk Culture International Council for Traditional Music International Society for Folk Narrative Research National Council for the Traditional Arts National Endowment for the Humanities National Folklore Support Centre (India) Oral History Association Society for Ethnomusicology Society for Folk Life Studies Société internationale d'ethnologie et de folklore/International Society for Ethnology and Folklore StoryCorps UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress Western States Folklore Society World Intellectual Property Organization