Art Museums

New York’s art museums hold some of the deepest collections of Latin American, Indigenous, African diaspora, and global roots art anywhere in the world. From El Museo del Barrio’s Latino and Latin American holdings to the Schomburg Center’s archive of the African diaspora, this covers the permanent collections, rotating exhibitions, and special installations that put that history on the wall.

Expect coverage built around what’s actually on view right now, plus the institutions themselves, so a visit lines up with the right exhibition rather than a guess. This is the hub for anyone tracking where this city’s global roots story lives inside its museum walls.