Our work spans public installations, historical archiving, artist commissions, and advocacy-based programming rooted in care, beauty, and equity.

We foreground the contributions of immigrant and working-class nail artists, beauty workers, and cultural producers whose work is too often overlooked by traditional art and labor institutions.

Current programming includes a public art installation inside the New York City subway system—a nail art history timeline and interactive AR gallery that invites commuters to engage with the legacy of nail artists as designers, caregivers, and community historians.

As a certified 509(a)2 non-profit, the Museum of Nails is committed to building long-term infrastructure for beauty workers—through storytelling, education, and solidarity. We are supported by your membership contributions. We collaborate with artists, scholars, worker coalitions, and cultural institutions across the country to ensure nail art is recognized not only as personal expression, but as a collective archive of survival, imagination, and power.

If you're interested in working together or learning more, please reach out!

Museum of Nails Foundation

Nail art is art. Let's celebrate it.

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