National Museum of Mexican Art

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Our mission is to stimulate and preserve knowledge and appreciation of Mexican culture through events and exhibitions that exemplify the rich variety of visual and performing arts in Mexican culture. The National Mexican Museum of Art is a vibrant and welcoming place where you can experience authentic Mexican art and culture outside of Mexico, and admission is always free. We showcase 3,000 years

creativity through a cultural crossroad that connects Chicagoans and suburbanites to the diversity of Mexican people.

• Located in Chicago’s Pilsen community, we provide an authentic cultural experience while following the highest standards of other local museums.

• Our curators and educators are experts in Mexican art and their passion for the museum inspires and enlightens visitors. We routinely lend many of our pieces to museums around the globe, because they value the caliber of our artwork.

• Over the years we have inspired, educated and empowered tens of thousands of children and youth through arts programs.

• We are accessible. Public transportation is available to get to our Museum, admission is always free, staff on hand to guide visitors, our art is displayed in a manner that lets the visitor feel connected to the exhibition

ADMISSION IS FREE!

Visit the Museum and see Semilla, a solo exhibition by artist Cecilia Beaven in the Xicágo Gallery. The exhibition bring...
01/05/2025

Visit the Museum and see Semilla, a solo exhibition by artist Cecilia Beaven in the Xicágo Gallery. The exhibition brings her vibrant and imaginative universes from Mexico City to Chicago, where she has resided since 2017. The exhibition also includes a touchable object for individuals who are blind or have low vision, enabling guests to feel the artist’s artwork. The object is a papier-mâché sculpture representing one of Cecilia Beaven's unique characters: a figure with a female body and a deer head. This character appears in a variety of ways across the exhibit, in ceramics, paintings, and in the mural, but through the touchable object, it feels like it has stepped out of the artwork to join you. The sculpture is a unique way to feel like you're a part of Beaven’s art, almost as if you've joined her world of characters and stories.

Add a Carlos Cortéz print to your art collection! Carlos Cortéz, one of Chicago’s most important social justice artists ...
01/04/2025

Add a Carlos Cortéz print to your art collection! Carlos Cortéz, one of Chicago’s most important social justice artists working in the 20th century, entrusted his art and effects - including most of his print blocks - to the Museum. In keeping with his values, Cortéz requested NMMA create new prints should his artwork become unaffordable to working people. Last year the NMMA commissioned the Instituto Gráfico de Chicago printmaking collective to recreate three of Carlos Cortéz’s iconic print blocks so we could make new prints. Purchase one of these prints for a friend, a family member, a client or for your own wall and support Yollocalli youth programming in Little Village! Visit the gift shop to buy yours today!

Please note: Funds raised through print sales support Yollocalli Arts Reach. Member discounts do not apply to Carlos Cortéz prints.

Join us for the next Studio Saturday on January 18th from 10:00 am – 11:30 am. Children ages 7-12 are invited to take ov...
01/03/2025

Join us for the next Studio Saturday on January 18th from 10:00 am – 11:30 am. Children ages 7-12 are invited to take over our art studio! Inspired by Semilla: Cecilia Beaven, Solo Exhibition, participants will create their own woven wall hangings using cardboard looms! $10 registration fee covers all materials needed. Email [email protected] to register.

Home for the holidays? Stop by and see our latest exhibition Contemporary Casta Portraiture: Nuestra “Calidad” by Delila...
01/02/2025

Home for the holidays? Stop by and see our latest exhibition Contemporary Casta Portraiture: Nuestra “Calidad” by Delilah Montoya in the Rubin & Paula Torres Gallery. In this exhibition, the Chicana artist examines the multiracial life experiences of the Southwest U.S. and the Mexican borderlands through her art. Featuring sixteen present-day photographic group portraits along with a DNA study for each clan, Montoya mimics and explores the Latin American art tradition of casta paintings that traced the complex racial mixing of the people of New Spain in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

On behalf of everyone at the National Museum of Mexican Art, we want to wish you and your loved ones a happy new year! W...
01/01/2025

On behalf of everyone at the National Museum of Mexican Art, we want to wish you and your loved ones a happy new year! We look forward to exploring new corners of Mexican art and culture with you in 2025.

On behalf of everyone at the National Museum of Mexican Art, we send our sincere gratitude for your support during this ...
12/31/2024

On behalf of everyone at the National Museum of Mexican Art, we send our sincere gratitude for your support during this year. As 2024 comes to an end, we’re thrilled that we could share the best of Mexican art and culture with you. Best wishes and Happy New Year to you.

The holidays are a wonderful time to explore our galleries with friends or family. Please note our holiday schedule belo...
12/30/2024

The holidays are a wonderful time to explore our galleries with friends or family. Please note our holiday schedule below:

December 31st: Closed
January 1st: Closed

Make an end-of-year gift to the National Museum of Mexican Art. NMMA relies on donors like you to show people the richne...
12/30/2024

Make an end-of-year gift to the National Museum of Mexican Art. NMMA relies on donors like you to show people the richness and beauty of Mexican art and culture. For 35+ years, your support has helped NMMA visitors experience Mexican art and culture from both sides of the border from a first-voice perspective. All donations matter, at whatever the level. Give today: www.NationalMuseumOfMexicanArt.org/donate

Today we celebrate the birthday of David Alfaro Siqueros! Siqueiros was considered one of Los Tres Grandes, evoking art,...
12/29/2024

Today we celebrate the birthday of David Alfaro Siqueros! Siqueiros was considered one of Los Tres Grandes, evoking art, culture and identity through Mexican Muralism. A proponent of the proletariat, his murals often reflected his Marxist ideologies but in a differing approach to artists like Diego Rivera, choosing to go against the romantic folkloric image of Mexico, and instead present a socialist realist approach. While in the US, he often depicted the fraught relationship between the United States and Latin America, and also taught local artists, including Jackson Po***ck. Today we recognize his incredible impact not just in Mexican art and culture, but also in the ways in which we see the intertwining relationship between art, politics and revolution in the Americas.

Visual Description:
Standing at the center of a black and white photograph, a figure, David Alfaro Siqueros, is framed by a painted wall depicting abstract forms and shapes. He faces to the left, exposing only three quarters of his softly expressed face and short wavy hair. He is dressed in a utilitarian style jumpsuit, the collar buttoned to the top with long sleeved arms casually crossed at his chest.

Bernard G. Silberstein (b.1905, Duluth, MN - d. 1999, Cincinnati, OH), David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1940 (printed later / impresa posteriormente), sepia toned gelatin silver print / impresión de plata sobre gelatina en tonos sepia, National Museum of Mexican Art Permanent Collection, Gift of Jennifer and Isaac Goldman

Make an end-of-year gift to the National Museum of Mexican Art. NMMA relies on donors like you to show people the richne...
12/28/2024

Make an end-of-year gift to the National Museum of Mexican Art. NMMA relies on donors like you to show people the richness and beauty of Mexican art and culture. For 35+ years, your support has helped NMMA visitors experience Mexican art and culture from both sides of the border from a first-voice perspective. All donations matter, at whatever the level. Give today: www.NationalMuseumOfMexicanArt.org/donate

P.S. Please visit nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/donate for a video celebrating what your support has accomplished!

12/27/2024

The season finale of NMMA Gallery Sessions is TONIGHT at 7:00 pm CST. The finale features international vinyl DJ Coco Maria. Music has been a constant in Coco Maria’s life since she was a child growing up in Mexico. As a DJ and radio broadcasterbased in Amsterdam, she has transformed her musical heritage into a vibrant and elegant force, bringing Latin sounds with her wherever she travels. See it here: https://www.youtube.com/

Consider donating to NMMA this holiday season. Your support makes the Museum accessible to all, from families in Pilsen ...
12/26/2024

Consider donating to NMMA this holiday season. Your support makes the Museum accessible to all, from families in Pilsen and Little Village, to others who come from farther away to experience Mexican art and culture in the heart of the Midwest’s Mexican community. As a free museum, everyone is welcome, and admission fees are never a barrier. Make a gift today. All donations matter, at whatever the level. https://crm.bloomerang.co/HostedDonation?ApiKey=pub_c959778d-7105-11e9-9f3d-0aa640fb8062&WidgetId=80080896

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanza, Las Posadas, or simply friends and family, on behalf of everyone at the Nationa...
12/25/2024

Whether you celebrate Christmas, Kwanza, Las Posadas, or simply friends and family, on behalf of everyone at the National Museum of Mexican Art, we wish you and your loved ones a wonderful holiday! With 2024 coming to an end, we offer you our sincere gratitude for making it another wonderful year filled with Mexican art and culture.

From everyone at the National Museum of Mexican Art, we wish you and your family the best this holiday season!
12/24/2024

From everyone at the National Museum of Mexican Art, we wish you and your family the best this holiday season!

Enjoy a Christmas concert from the comfort of your own home! Join us online Wednesday, December 25th at 12:00 pm as Rosa...
12/23/2024

Enjoy a Christmas concert from the comfort of your own home! Join us online Wednesday, December 25th at 12:00 pm as Rosalba Valdez y los Valientes perform an intimate concert, featuring classic Christmas songs in both English and Spanish. It’s the perfect way to cozy up at home with a warm beverage and festive music. See the concert on our YouTube channel.

Visit our website to learn more about Rosalba Valdez y los Valientes.

NMMA is committed to providing a welcoming and accessible experience for all our visitors. Check out a free sensory kit ...
12/23/2024

NMMA is committed to providing a welcoming and accessible experience for all our visitors. Check out a free sensory kit at the reception desk, designed for guests with autism and sensory sensitivities. Visual descriptions of Nuestras Historias: Stories of Mexican Identity from the Permanent Collection are also available for free. These descriptions provide visitors who are blind or have low vision an opportunity to experience works in the gallery through a detailed description of color, composition, style, and other visual elements in the works of art. Visit the reception desk, where a staff member will be glad to help you check them out. Visit our website to learn more about our Accessibility offerings: https://nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/accessibility

The holidays are a wonderful time to explore our galleries with friends or family. Please note our holiday schedule belo...
12/22/2024

The holidays are a wonderful time to explore our galleries with friends or family. Please note our holiday schedule below:

December 24th: Open 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
December 25th Closed
December 31st: Closed
January 1st: Closed

12/21/2024

Catch the season finale of NMMA Gallery Sessions on Friday, December 27th at 7:00 pm CST. The finale features international vinyl DJ Coco Maria. Music has been a constant in Coco Maria’s life since she was a child growing up in Mexico. As a DJ and radio broadcaster based in Amsterdam, she has transformed her musical heritage into a vibrant and elegant force, bringing Latin sounds with her wherever she travels. See it here: https://www.youtube.com/

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1852 W 19th Street
Chicago, IL
60608

Opening Hours

Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+13127381503

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