National Museum of Mexican Art
Art Museum | |
Founder | Carlos Tortelero[1] |
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President | Carlos Tortelero |
Public transit access | CTA Bus routes: Routes 9 and 50 CTA 'L' (Pink Line): Damen or 18th St. |
Website | nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org |
The National Museum of Mexican Art (NMMA), formerly known as the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, is a museum featuring
Admission to the museum is free.[3]
History
Carlos Tortolero and a group of Mexican-American teachers first formed the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in 1982.[4] The museum building in Harrison Park opened in 1987 and was expanded in 2001. The design on the façade of the building was inspired by the friezes of Mitla in Oaxaca, Mexico.[5]
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. 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. On June 22, 2012, it was announced that Chicago Public Media had purchased the license of WRTE FM. 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.
The name of the museum was changed to the National Museum of Mexican Art in December 2006. This name change reflects the status of the museum as the only member of the American Alliance of Museums dedicated to Latino culture.
Collections
The museum has a permanent collection featuring prominent works by
Annual Día de los Muertos exhibit
Every October, the museum has a
Other initiatives
The NMMA also has a program of arts education, performance and community initiatives. In 1994, the museum created two new festivals, Del Corazon: the Mexican Performing Arts Festival and the
See also
References
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