At El Museo del Barrio

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15), El Museo del Barrio is pleased to offer free admission to patrons (and a guest) from partner museums, until October 14, 2018. Participating institutions include: The Bronx Museum of the Arts, the Leslie-Loman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of the City of New York, the Museum of the Moving Image, the Queens Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling. "We are excited to open our doors to the greater cultural community during Hispanic Heritage Month. Committed to honoring the history and legacy of the Puerto Rican, Latino, and Latin American communities each and every day, our new exhibitions uniquely represent and highlight ways in which art and community converge; a true reflection of our mission" said Patrick Charpenel, Executive Director, El Museo del Barrio. Visitors can enjoy the exhibitions currently on view at El Museo del Barrio: Down These Mean Streets: Community and Place in Urban Photography, an exhibition that explores the work of ten Latino photographers who were driven to document and reflect America's urban streets when notions of the "inner city" began to emerge, organized by E. Carmen Ramos, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)'s deputy chief curator and curator of Latino art, and Liliana Porter: Other Situations, a non-linear survey of Porter's work from 1973 to 2018, which explores the conflicting boundaries between reality and fiction, organized by SCAD Museum of Art and curated by Humberto Moro, SCAD Curator of Exhibitions. El Museo del Barrio is open from Wednesday to Saturday from 11am to 6pm, and Sunday from 12pm to 5pm. PARTICIPATING MUSEUMS AND REDEMPTION INSTRUCTIONS The Bronx Museum of the Arts (Bronx): Present your Bronx Museum of the Arts admission stub at El Museo and/or pick up your free El Museo admission pass at the venue Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art (Manhattan): Present your LeslieLohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art membership card at El Museo and/or pick up your free El Museo admission pass at the venue Metropolitan Museum of Art (Manhattan): Present your Metropolitan Museum of Art admission stub at El Museo Museum of the City of New York (Manhattan): Present your Museum of the City of New York admission stub at El Museo and/or pick up your free El Museo admission pass at the venue Museum of the Moving Image (Queens): Present your Museum of the Moving Image admission stub at El Museo and/or pick up your free El Museo admission pass at the venue Queens Museum (Queens): Present your Queens Museum admission stub at El Museo and/or pick up your free El Museo admission pass at the venue Studio Museum in Harlem (Manhattan): Present your Studio Museum in Harlem membership card at El Museo Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (Manhattan): Present your Guggenheim membership card at El Museo Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling (Manhattan): Present your Sugar Hill Children's Museum membership card at El Museo and/or pick up your free El Museo admission pass at the venue In addition, El Museo del Barrio recently kicked off "Tours al Mediodia," a weekly bilingual guided tour of its two new exhibitions. The tours will be held on Thursdays from 12:30 - 1pm. Space is limited. Free with suggested admission. ABOUT EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO El Museo del Barrio, founded by a coalition of Puerto Rican educators, artists, and activists, is the nation’s leading Latino and Latin American cultural institution. The Museum welcomes visitors of all backgrounds to discover the artistic landscape of these communities through its extensive Permanent Collection, varied exhibitions and publications, bilingual public programs, educational activities, festivals, and special events. The Museum is located at 1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street in New York City, and open Wednesday to Saturday from 11:00am – 6:00pm, and Sunday from 12:00 to 5:00pm (as of September 13, 2018). Admission is suggested. To connect with El Museo del Barrio via Social Media, follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. For more information, please visit http://www.elmuseo.org. ### Rose Mary Cortes, El Museo del Barrio T: 212-660-7102 | E: rcortes@elmuseo.org