National Museum of Mexican Art

The National Museum of Mexican Art (Formerly known as the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum) is a museum dedicated to the study and appreciation of Mexican, Latino, and Chicano art and culture. Carlos Tortolero and Helen Valdez created the museum in 1982. The present Harrison Park facility, located in the Pilsen district of Chicago, Illinois, opened on March 27, 1987. The museum is the first Latino museum that has received accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums. The museum's purpose is to present Mexican culture as a whole, without borders (without borders). The museum bills itself as America's largest Latino cultural institution.

The museum features a permanent collection that includes notable works by Mexican painters as well as items from Mexican history. The permanent exhibit "Mexicanidad: Our Past is Present" examines Mexico's history in five stages: Pre-Cuauhtémoc Mexico, Colonial Mexico, Mexico from Independence to Revolution, Post-Mexican Revolution to the Present, and The Mexican Experience in the United States

Location: 1852 W 19th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Website: nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org