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Smithsonian Adds Gallery Honoring Latino-American Culture

By Peter Libbey – NYTimes.com – Photo: Credit Joshua Voda | National Museum of the American Indian. Photo:The Smithsonian Latino Center collaborated on the exhibition “Taíno: Native Heritage and Identity in the Caribbean” with the National Museum of the...

I, too, am Red Wing: Hispanic Outreach has exhibit on display in City Hall

By Rachel Fergus – Republican-Eagle.com – Photo: Rachel Fergus / RiverTown Multimedia Photo: This painting is by Gustavo Lira and titled “Fuerza en la Tempestad.” The walls of Red Wing City Hall’s main lobby are currently covered in...

City Approves $450K for Improvements of Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center

By Spectrum News Staff | San Antonio – SpectrumLocalNews.com – Photo: Spectrum News/File. Photo: San Antonio skyline. San Antonio, Texas – The City of San Antonio unanimously approved an ordinance amending the funding agreement with the Guadalupe Cultural...

A California family’s donation leads to the Smithsonian’s first permanent Latino gallery

By Gwen Aviles – NBCNews.com – Photo: Museum Environments / Branded Environments. Photo: Rotating exhibitions will feature multimedia activities, objects and first-person narratives. In a first for the country, a permanent gallery dedicated to the Latino...

Molina Siblings Donate $10M for the Creation of the Smithsonian’s First Permanent Latino Gallery Space

By Remezcla Estaff – Remezcla.com – Photo: Licensed under CC BY 3.0. Photo: “National Museum of American History 1” by lorax is licensed under CC BY 3.0 Since the inception of the Smithsonian Latino Center in 1997, there has been a need for a...

A Mexican food-themed museum is coming to downtown L.A. in 2019

By Antonio Pacheco – ArchPaper.com – Photo: Courtesy Johnson Fain. Photo: Architects Johnson Fain are designing a Mexican food-themed museum that is slated for the firm’s forthcoming LA Plaza Village complex. The Downtown Los Angeles-based LA Plaza...