Upcoming Festival
Three Kings Day Festival 2009

Detail of Los Reyes Magos NYC '09 by Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz, Mixed Media, 2008.

It’s time again to celebrate the most cherished Latino holiday tradition of the year!

On Tuesday, January 6, 2009, El Museo del Barrio hosts our 32nd Annual Three Kings Day Parade—
by far the largest and longest-running Three Kings
Day celebration in the city. The festival continues on Saturday, January 10, 2009, with traditional parranda songs and theatre play inspired by the Mexican tradition of pastorelas, as well as songs, dances, interactive games, and prizes.

Click here for more information on the Three Kings
Day Parade and Celebration.

Exhibition on View
Heresies by Pedro Meyer


Pedro Meyer / b.1935, Madrid, Spain; lives in Mexico/Grandma's Picture, Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico/1987(original), 1998 (last version)/Digitally modified image from a 35mm color negative and scanned image/30 x 40 in/Collection of El Museo del Barrio, NY. Acquired through “PROARTISTA: Sustaining the Work of Living Contemporary Artists” a fund from the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Trust.)(detail).

This exhibition is open only on Saturdays
and can be seen by guided tour only, beginning
October 11, 2008 through June 30, 2009.

Admission is free. Winter/Spring schedule to be annouced.

Groups of 10 or more must make an advance reservation for a private tour by emailing tours@elmuseo.org.

Click here for more information.

Take A Virtual Tour of
El Museo's New Design

Windows WMV Format - 12.7MB, Courtesy of Architects, Gruzen Samton LLP

El Museo is undergoing an exciting renovation
project to update our galleries and museum shop,
and add a cafe, among other amenities. We will
reopen the new, improved museum in Fall 2009,
as part of our 40th anniversary celebration.

Read our most recent press release on our
renovation.

Download our Education Department's brochure
for programs during renovation.

See our Calendar of Events for ongoing public programs.