El Museo del Barrio in “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan, is NYC’s Latino, Caribbean and Latin American art museum.
The El Museo Three Kings Day Parade is one of the highlights of New York’s holiday season.
The museum was founded by El Barrio’s New York Puerto Rican community, but now has a broader focus. It began as a community center and still functions like one.
Some Puerto Ricans are upset that El Museo isn’t just Puerto Rican anymore, but we should be proud to have opened doors for all Latins in New York City. 🇵🇷
Puerto Rican Art
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 🇵🇷
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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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From Puerto Rico to the World
El Museo 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.
There is some controversy in the community that the museum is no longer led by Puerto Ricans and produces exhibitions that are not Puerto Rican. 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.
“Pa’lante pa’lante como un elefante…”
Ismael Rivera “El Nazareno” (1976) 🇵🇷
The Year at El Museo del Barrio
January at El Museo
El Museo Three Kings Day Parade
The El Museo Three Kings Day Parade marches to La Marqueta in El Barrio East Harlem on Fri, Jan 6, 2023.
March at El Museo
Spring Benefit
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, 2022 from 7-10pm. From $600. elmuseo.org 🇵🇷
June at El Museo
Museum Mile Festival
El Museo del Barrio joins the Museum Mile Festival open house street party on Tue, Jun 7, 2022.
Past Exhibitions and Events
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 🇵🇷
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 🇵🇷
Taller Boricua: A Political Print Shop in New York is online through Dec 31, 2021. 🇵🇷
Estamos Bien – La Trienal 20/21 ends Sep 26, 2021. 🇦🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇩🇴🇫🇷🇭🇹🇵🇪🇵🇷🇺🇸
Opera Lafayette Redraws French Opera from the Time of Maria Antoinette in a Colonial Mexican and Caribbean Context at El Museo
Tue-Thu, June 7-9, 2022
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David Sánchez Plays Jazz for Carnegie Hall Citywide at El Museo del Barrio
Saturday, May 21, 2022
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
“El Barrio” East Harlem
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The El Museo Three Kings Day Parade 2021 Celebrates Our Collective Strength Virtually
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Maluca Mala, Dominican Hip-Hop
March 12, 2020
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
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El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade 2020
Monday, January 6, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
LA MARQUETA
East Harlem, NYC
Giant puppets, camels, parrandas, BombaYo, Annette Aguilar, Wabafu Garifuna Dance Theater, Fogo Azul NYC, and the Three Kings bring the true spirit of the holidays to El Barrio. ¡WEPA!
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Zilia Sánchez: Soy Isla at El Museo says “I am an Island”
November 20, 2019 – March 22, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, Manhattan
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An Emphasis on Resistance
Wednesday-Sunday
October 30, 2019-Feb 2, 2020
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
2019 commissions from the Foundation that holds the world’s leading collection of modern and contemporary Latin American art
Joe Bataan, the King of Latin Soul, comes home to El Barrio
EAST HARLEM, NYC | Sat, May 18, 2019 | Live music Latin Boogaloo Carnegie Hall Citywide | The elder statesman of Boogaloo, the Latin soul of the 1960s, brings his hits “Gypsy Woman,” “Subway Joe,” “Ordinary Guy” and more
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“iLe” the Multi Grammy-Winning Ileana Cabra is her Own Woman after Calle 13
Saturday, March 16, 2019
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
El Barrio East Harlem, NYC
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Lucio Fontana ‘Spatial Environment’ (1968) at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM; Jan 24 – Apr 14, 2019; Argentine Italian post war art exhibition ~ El Museo reconstructs Fontana’s very last environment. See how his ideas influenced performance art and take a selfie
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El Museo Three Kings Day Parade 2019
106th & LEXINGTON TO 115th & PARK & EL MUSEO, Fri, Jan 4, 2019 ~ Breakfast, Parade and a Celebration at the Museum. The faces of children holding the gift the Three Kings gave them is the best image of Christmas in New York.
# puerto rican christmas parade
Chus Burés Spanish jewelry at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sun, Nov 14-18, 2018 ~ The iconic Spanish jewelry designer of La Movida Madrileña hosts a pop-up exhibition.
# spanish jewelry exhibition
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‘Down These Mean Streets’ at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sat, Sep 13, 2018 to Jan 6, 2019 ~ Latino photographers provide an insider’s view of the street life in their own neighborhoods
# latino photography exhibition
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‘REVIVAL’ Pattern & Decoration at Longwood Art Gallery
MOTT HAVEN, BRONX, Mon-Fri, Apr 4 – Jun 6, 2018 ~ ‘REVIVAL: Contemporary Pattern, Decoration, and the Body’ examines bodies surrounded by patterns.
# colombian dominican filipino nicaraguan peruvian puerto rican contemporary art exhibition
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‘Queenie’ female artists from El Museo del Barrio’s collection
EAST HARLEM, Tue-Sat, Mar 21 – Jun 23, 2018
# latina women art exhibition
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El Museo del Barrio Three Kings Day Parade 2018
EAST HARLEM, Fri, Jan 5, 2018 ~ New York’s big Three Kings Day celebration.
# puerto rican christmas parade
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Blind
EAST HARLEM, Fri, Sep 15, 2017 ~ Cuban, Colombian and Argentine artists find strength in vulnerability.
# argentine tango show
Belkis Ayón ‘NKAME’ Cuban prints at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sun, Jun 13 to Nov 5, 2017 ~ Prints of the secret dreams of Africa.
# cuban print art exhibition
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‘uptown: nasty women/bad hombres’ at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Wed-Sun, Jun 13 to Nov 5, 2017 ~ Art by artists who live or work in El Barrio, Harlem, Washington Heights or Inwood.
# latino art exhibition
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Beatriz Santiago Muñoz ‘Fragile Mirrors’ at El Museo del Barrio
EAST HARLEM, Jan 11 – Apr 30, 2017 ~ Puerto Rican performance artist.
# puerto rican performance art exhibition
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Dzul Dance ‘Tree of Life Trilogy III Wacah Chan’ at El Museo
Saturday, February 6, 2016
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
New York’s Mexican Mayan circus theater tells the story of “Wacah Chan,” the Mayan snake with two faces
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Dzul Dance ‘Tree of Life Trilogy II Kuxan Sum’ at El Museo
EAST HARLEM, Jan 9, 2016 ~ “Kuxan Sum” is the living umbilical cord that connects the spiritual realms. Meet conquistador Cortés and the native woman La Malinche who changed the direction of American history.
# mexican mayan contemporary dance
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Dzul Dance ‘Tree of Life Trilogy I Soul of the Maya’ at El Museo
December 12, 2015
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO
East Harlem, NYC
La Virgen de Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico, makes a surprise appearance on her feast day
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