National Museum of Mexican Art
The National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA), formerly known as the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, is a museum featuring Mexican, Latino, and Chicano art and culture. It is located in Harrison Park in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The museum was founded in 1982 by Carlos Tortolero and opened on March 27, 1987. It is the only Latino museum accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The museum describes itself as the largest Latino cultural institution in America.
Museum entrance.
Part of the museum's 2022 Día de Muertos exhibit.
First Lady Jill Biden visiting the museum.
Lower West Side is a community area on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is three miles southwest of the Chicago Loop and its main neighborhood is Pilsen. The Heart of Chicago is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the Lower West Side.
Victorian solid brick homes in the Pilsen neighborhood.
Mexican dancers in Pilsen in 2006
A retired 4400-series TMC RTS bus in the Pilsen neighborhood in May 2008