Mexican Museum
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The El Museo Mexicano or The Mexican Museum is a San Francisco, California, USA museum created to exhibit the aesthetic expression of the Latino, Chicano, Mexican, and Mexican-American people.
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The Mexican Museum was founded in 1975 by artist Peter Rodríguez. Its mission was "to exhibit the aesthetic expression of the Mexican and Mexican-American people." This mission was expanded to reflect Mexican, Chicano, and Latino artistic experience.
The Museum was originally located in San Francisco's Mission District. In 2001, the Museum was relocated to the Fort Mason Center, Building D, Marina Boulevard and Buchanan Street, San Francisco. A capital campaign is underway to relocated the Museum to a permanent location in the Mission District at Mission and 3rd.
Today, the Museum's collection comprises over 12,000 objects.
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The museum is presently used for special exhibits.
The Mexican Museum Fort Mason Center, Building D Marina Boulevard and Buchanan Street San Francisco, California 94123
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Terms
Chicano · La Raza · Latino · Mexican-American · Hispanic
Pre-Chicano Movement
Mexican-American history · Mexican-American War · Sleepy Lagoon trial · Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo · Zoot Suit Riots
Chicano Movement
Aztlán · Católicos por La Raza · Chicanismo · Chicano Blowouts · Chicano Moratorium · Plan Espiritual de Aztlán · Plan de Santa Barbara · Farm workers rights campaign · Land grant struggle · Colegio César Chávez
Supreme Court cases
Hernandez v. Texas · Plyler v. Doe · Mendez v. Westminster
Culture
Chicano Park · Chicano rap · Chicano rock · Cholo · Estrada Courts murals · Lowrider · Pachuco · Teatro Campesino · Tortilla art · Zoot suit
Lists and categories
List of Caló words and expressions · List of Chicano poets · U.S. communities with a Hispanic majority · List of notable Chicanos · Notable Hispanics
Category:Mexican Americans · Category:Mexican-American organizations
