Join us to explore the rich history and multi-sensory traditions of México’s beloved 3,000-year-old tradition commemorating loved ones who have passed away.
El Museo del Barrio is proud to support the 12th Annual International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival (IPRHFF). Returning from November 9 - 13, 2022, the Festival will once again present an impressive roster of films, shorts, animation, and panel discussions with industry thought leaders. The five-day festival aims to foster a collaborative environment for […]
Hola! El Museo is excited to bring Coquí Club, our bilingual program for our tiniest visitors, into your casita. Coquí Club is an interactive program facilitated by our museum educators and includes storytelling, discussion and an art making project. Be sure to bring your Coqui crowns and get ready to have fun! Join us virtually […]
Join El Museo del Barrio for an evening with artist, critic, and scholar Amalia Mesa-Bains. Presented within the context of the exhibition DOMESTICANX (on view through March 26, 2023), this program will acknowledge Mesa-Bains’s central role as the author of the term la domesticana, from which the show takes its inspiration. In dialogue with Curator […]
Hola! El Museo is excited to bring Coquí Club, our bilingual program for our tiniest visitors, back to El Museo del Barrio for an IN-PERSON experience at the museum! Coquí Club is an interactive program facilitated by our museum educators and includes storytelling, discussion and an art making project. Be sure to bring your Coqui […]
Hola! El Museo is excited to bring Coquí Club, our bilingual program for our tiniest visitors, back to El Museo del Barrio for an IN-PERSON experience at the museum! Coquí Club is an interactive program facilitated by our museum educators and includes storytelling, discussion and an art making project. Be sure to bring your Coqui […]
Join El Museo as we kick off the Three Kings Day celebrations with a fun-filled day of family programming! We will be joined by music group BombaYo, who will lead us in the Puerto Rican holiday caroling tradition of parrandas. Beginning at El Museo, you will learn about the origins of parrandas, and the plena […]
El Museo del Barrio is delighted to present the 46th Annual Three Kings Day Parade and Celebration! Returning to an in-person experience, the Parade’s theme this year is Entre Familia: Mental Health & Wellness of our Communities, giving space and focus to the importance of mental health and wellness, in light of national political and […]
Join artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden with her Padrino (Godfather) Johnny, of the Oba Iroko Church of God for a conversation on artistic and spiritual practice, on the occasion of the exhibition, Juan Francisco Elso: Por América. Like Elso, McClodden is a practitioner of Santería (Regla Lucumí), which has often informed her conceptual frameworks and her approach […]
Join El Museo’s Museum Educators on a free gallery tour to explore and discuss the on-view exhibition, DOMESTICANX, a group exhibition that explores the concept of “domesticana,” first theorized by artist, scholar, and critic Amalia Mesa-Bains in the 1990s. Free with Museum admission. Capacity is limited to 25 people, first come, first served. Tours meet […]
Join El Museo’s Museum Educators on a free gallery tour to explore and discuss the on-view exhibition, Juan Francisco Elso: Por América, that examines the brief yet significant career of the late Cuban artist Juan Francisco Elso (1956-1988). Free with Museum admission. Capacity is limited to 25 people, first come, first served. Tours meet in […]
