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El Museo del Barrio

El Museo del Barrio in “El Barrio” East Harlem, is NYC’s Latino, Caribbean and Latin American art museum.

It was founded by New York Puerto Ricans, but now represents all Latins. It began as a community center and still functions like one.

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The El Museo Three Kings Day Parade is one of the highlights of New York’s holiday season.

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January 2023

The 46th Three Kings Day Parade NYC 2023 with Annette Aguilar & Stringbeans, BombaYo!, and Fogo Azul marches up Park Avenue from 106th St to 115th St in “El Barrio” East Harlem on Friday, January 6, 2023 from 11am – 12noon. FREE! 🇧🇷🇳🇮🇵🇷🇪🇸

The El Museo Three Kings Day 2023 Celebration; featuring Milteri Tucker, Bombazo Dance Co, and a parranda; is at El Museo del Barrio in “El Barrio” East Harlem on Friday, January 6, 2023, from 1-2pm. FREE! 🇵🇷

June 2022

El Museo del Barrio joins the Museum Mile Festival open house street party on Tue, Jun 7, 2022.

April 2022

Raphael Montañez Ortiz : A Contextual Retrospective explores identity, decolonization and ethno-aesthetics through a founder’s work at El Museo del Barrio in El Barrio East Harlem Thu, Apr 14 – Sep 11. elmuseo.org 🇵🇷

March 2022

The El Museo del Barrio Spring Benefit honors Willy Chavarria and Karla Martinez de Salas with performances by Yendry and Christian Martir at the Edition Times Square on Tue, Mar 29 from 7-10pm. From $600. elmuseo.org 🇵🇷

December 2021

Taller Boricua: A Political Print Shop in New York is online through Dec 31, 2021. 🇵🇷

November 2021

Popular Painters & Other Visionaries, an exhibition of “outsider artists,” is Fri, Nov 12, 2021 – Feb 27, 2022. $9. elmuseo.org 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇭🇹🇲🇽🇳🇮🇵🇷🇺🇸🇻🇪

En Foco: The New York Puerto Rican Experience, 1973-74, an exhibition by founders of En Foco, the Puerto Rican photography group, is Fri, Nov 12, 2021 – Feb 27, 2022. $9. elmuseo.org 🇵🇷

September 2021

Estamos Bien – La Trienal 20/21 ends Sep 26, 2021. 🇦🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇫🇷🇭🇹🇵🇪🇵🇷🇺🇸

About El Museo del Barrio

El Museo del Barrio was founded in 1969 by New York City’s Puerto Rican community. The museum has a strong permanent collection of Indigenous Taíno and Puerto Rican art. It produces some world-class exhibitions.

The Puerto Rican community worries that the museum is no longer led by Puerto Ricans and has gone beyond Puerto Rican culture. Yet Puerto Rico itself is a mix of many cultures. Let’s be proud of what we have accomplished and that we are leading the way for other Latin communities in New York and across the United States.

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“El Barrio” East Harlem is one of New York City’s traditional Latin neighborhoods. Spanish Harlem was Cuban, then Puerto Rican, and is now becoming more Mexican and gentrifying.

“El Barrio” East Harlem

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El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029
(between 104th & 105th St)
East Harlem, Manhattan

Subway
(6) to 103rd St (5 blocks)

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