El Museo del Barrio in “El Barrio” East Harlem, is New York City’s Puerto Rican and Latin American art museum.
Founded by New York Puerto Ricans, El Museo now represents all Latins of the Americas. Because it’s a Latin museum, it’s both a museum and a community center.
You get a lot more out of your visit if you take one of the free exhibition tours.
The El Museo Three Kings Day Parade is one of the highlights of New York’s holiday season.
Latin Culture at El Museo del Barrio
Caña Dulce y Caña Brava Plays Mexican Son Jarocho for Carnegie Hall Citywide at El Museo del Barrio
CARNEGIE HALL CITYWIDE, EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽
Three Kings Day Parade 2025 Marches Through El Barrio with a Breakfast, Parade, and After Party
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO & PARK AVENUE, “El Barrio” East Harlem, Manhattan 🇵🇷
Los Pleneros de la 21 Play Bomba and Plena for the El Museo Three Kings Day Celebration
EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO, “El Barrio” East Harlem ~ Three Kings Day Celebration 🇵🇷
El Museo News
May
Latin Art of the Americas
“Something Beautiful: Reframing La Colección” takes a new look at El Museo’s permanent collection of Latin art of the Caribbean and the Americas; at El Museo del Barrio in “El Barrio” East Harlem; in two rotations May 19 to November 2023, and December 2023 to March 10, 2024. Pay-as-you-wish. elmuseo.org 🇦🇷 🇵🇷
January
Three Kings Day Parade
The 47th El Museo Three Kings Day Parade and Celebration, themed “Tradiciones: Keeping Our Stories Alive;” walks up Park Avenue from 106th St to 115th St; on Friday, January 5, 2024 from 11am – 12pm. A celebration with live music follows in El Teatro at El Museo del Barrio in “El Barrio” East Harlem; from 1:30-3pm. FREE. elmuseo.org 🇵🇷
El Museo del Barrio Tickets
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029
(at 104th St)
East Harlem, Manhattan
Subway
(6) to 103rd St (5 blocks)
Past Programs
Museum Mile Festival is the second Tuesday in June.
Three Kings Day Parade is on or around January 6.
About El Museo
El Museo del Barrio was founded in 1969 by New York City’s Puerto Rican community. The museum has a strong permanent collection of Indigenous Taíno and Puerto Rican art. It produces some world-class exhibitions.
The Puerto Rican community worries that the museum is no longer led by Puerto Ricans and has gone beyond Puerto Rican culture. Yet Puerto Rico itself is a mix of many cultures. Let’s be proud of what we have accomplished and that we are leading the way for other Latin communities in New York and across the United States.
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