This exhibit is the nation's largest.This essay by Tomás Ybarra-Frausto is included in the 1981 catalogue of selected works from the Mexican Museum in San Francisco, California. The permanent exhibit "Mexicanidad: Our Past is Present" explores the history of Mexico in five stages: Pre- Cuauhtémoc Mexico, Colonial Mexico, Mexico from Independence to Revolution, Post-Mexican Revolution to Present-day Mexico and The Mexican Experience in the US.Īnnual Día de los Muertos exhibit Įvery October, the museum has a Día de los Muertos ("Day of the Dead") exhibit which features altars and Día de los Muertos-related art by Chicago-area and international artists.
The museum has a permanent collection featuring prominent works by Mexican artists and artifacts from Mexican history. This name change reflects the status of the museum as the only member of the American Alliance of Museums dedicated to Latino culture. The name of the museum was changed to the National Museum of Mexican Art in December 2006.
On December 31, 2012, Chicago Public Media took control of the frequency after FCC approval, thus ending its run as the only Latino-owned broadcast station of any kind in the Chicago area. On June 22, 2012, it was announced that Chicago Public Media had purchased the license of WRTE FM. In Spring 2011, the museum announced that the radio station and the building it has been in since the late 1990s had been put up for sale due to financial issues. The NMMA ran the radio station WRTE 90.5 FM, called Radio Arte, a non-profit, community station from late 1996 to December 30, 2012. The design on the façade of the building was inspired by the friezes of Mitla in Oaxaca, Mexico. The museum building in Harrison Park opened in 1987 and was expanded in 2001. Carlos Tortolero and a group of Mexican-American teachers first formed the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in 1982.
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