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Virtual museums in Mexico that you can visit right now

Today, thanks to the internet and technology, we can visit several important virtual museums throughout Mexico without leaving home.

Currently, thanks to the internet and technology, we can visit various important virtual museums throughout Mexico without the need to leave our homes. Museums are an important tool in the process of the democratization of knowledge, culture, and art since they contribute to cultural exchange thanks to their valuable exhibitions, pedagogical work, closeness, and direct interpellation that these tasks have with visitors.

This can favor the understanding and knowledge of various cultural, political, and artistic aspects that develop in different societies that at first sight may seem foreign to us. The role of museums not only focuses on conservation and research but through their tasks of exhibition and communication contribute to the transformation of reality of the communities, they establish a permanent dialogue about what society was, is and It may be in the future.

Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts

It was inaugurated in 1934 with the name of the Museum of Plastic Arts, it is considered the first museum in Mexico Currently, the Museum of the Palace of Fine Arts permanently exhibits 17 mural works by Diego Rivera, Manuel Rodríguez Lozano, Roberto Montenegro, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Rufino Tamayo, and Jorge González Camarena dating from 1928 to 1963; It also has a large program of temporary exhibitions and various activities for all audiences

https://www.inba.gob.mx/sitios/recorridos-virtuales/museo-palacio-bellas-artes/

Museum of Modern Art

It was founded in 1964 on the initiative of President Adolfo López Mateos with the aim of preserving and disseminating Mexican art from the 1930s. The Museum has 4 rooms and three galleries, and among its collection are pieces by artists such as Frida. Kahlo, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Emir Jair, Roberto Montenegro, José Clemente Orozco, Louis Henri Jean Charlot, Juan Soriano, Juan O'Gorman, Diego Rivera, among others.

https://www.inba.gob.mx/sitios/recorridos-virtuales/museo-de-arte-moderno/

Mayan People's Museum

Located in the middle of the jungle, this museum was built with the goal of showing the development of the Mayan culture from pre-Hispanic times to the present. The building, designed by the architect Fernando González Gortázar, was conceived as a disjointed set among the jungle that has respect for nature as the axis of its design. It is conformed by four rooms: Pergola of the monoliths, Mayan Archeology, History, and Solar Mayan. The museum exhibits monolithic prehispanic sculptures of Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo, as well as ceramic and architectural elements that give an account of the history and worldview of this town.

https://www.inah.gob.mx/paseos/MuseodelPuebloMaya/tour.html

Museum of North Cultures

In 1996, this enclosure, designed by the architect Mario Shetjnan, opened its doors to show its collection, which houses one of the most beautiful archaeological collections of Ancient Mexico. This collection was recovered from the excavations of Paquimé and other archaeological sites of the region known as the Great Chichimeca (North of Mexico and Southwest of the United States). The museum, located in Chihuahua, was declared a Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 1998 because it preserves unique pieces of its kind.

https://www.inah.gob.mx/paseos/MuseodelasCulturasdelNorte/tour.html

Templo Mayor Museum

It was inaugurated in 1987 to expose the vestiges of the Mexica culture from pre-Hispanic to colonial times. The museum houses more than 14,000 objects found in excavations carried out between 1978 and 1982 on the site where the main temple of the Mexica people was located. The museum has 8 rooms that exhibit objects from more than 110 offerings discovered in the temple; two of the rooms are dedicated specifically to Tlaloc and Huitzilopochtli, deities to which the Templo Mayor was dedicated.

https://www.inah.gob.mx/paseos/templomayor/

National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico

The National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico is one of the most important anthropological museums in the Americas. It has a very important cultural work since it houses archaeological pieces from all the peoples of Mesoamerica. The objects that form the collection are a testimony of the ethnic diversity of the country. The museum's art and archaeological remains highlight various aspects of Mexico's indigenous cultures. It is the type of museum that seeks to recover part of the history and culture of a country. The indigenous peoples are the protagonists of the collection, which aims to restore importance to the cultures that existed before the European invasion.

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/museo-nacional-de-antropologia-mexico

Frida Kahlo Museum

This museum is popularly known as the Blue House and is dedicated to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. The building in which this museum has been established is the house in which the artist lived for most of her life and has been preserved as it was then. Of course, the most striking pieces in the collection are the paintings painted by Kahlo herself. But this is by no means the only thing you will see in the Blue House. The artist had her own art collection, and this is part of the museum's permanent exhibition. And there are also objects on display that Kahlo used in her day-to-day life. The museum has a photography exhibition (another of the artist's hobbies), samples of clothing, and orthopedic appliances that Kahlo herself used,... There is also a set of pre-Hispanic sculptures that the Mexican painter collected throughout her life due to her interest in the culture of her country.

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner/museo-frida-kahlo

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The Mexican Museum San Francisco, United States

The soul and spirit of the arts and cultures of Mexico and the Americas are fundamentally linked. Through its programs, The Mexican Museum voices the complexity and richness of Latino art throughout the Americas, encouraging dialogue among the broadest public.

The Mexican Museum, initially located in the heart of San Francisco's Mission District, was founded in 1975 by San Francisco resident and artist Peter Rodríguez. The museum was the realization of Mr. Rodríguez's vision that an institution be created in the United States to exhibit the aesthetic expression of the Mexican and Mexican-American people. Today, our vision has expanded to reflect the evolving scope of the Mexican, Chicano, and Latino experience.

In 1982 The Mexican Museum moved to Fort Mason Center in San Francisco's Marina District, where it has amassed a permanent collection of over 16,000 art objects. This spectacular collection is unique in the nation and includes Pre-Hispanic, Colonial, Popular, Modern and Contemporary Mexican and Latino, and Chicano Art.

The museum is currently preparing for the completion of our permanent home which will be built in downtown San Francisco's Yerba Buena Arts District. The museum continues to offer educational and public programming throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.

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At the Smithsonian | December 1, 2021

A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the New National Museum of the American Latino

Years away from having a building of their own, Smithsonian staff are already at work on the exhibition ¡Presente! for next year

Eddy Martinez

Correspondent

Eduardo Díaz, the director of the Smithsonian Latino Center , seldom has free time, and despite the pandemic closing the Institution's museums for much of 2020, his schedule only got busier. He and his team became heavily engaged with creating the center’s first exhibition space. The 4,500-square-foot Molina Family Latino Gallery , envisioned as an introduction to centuries of Latino heritage and culture, and located within the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, had been in the planning stages for years, and construction was well underway for the much-anticipated opening next May.  

Then, on December 27, 2020, came news that former President Donald Trump had signed into law a bipartisan bill to create the National Museum of the American Latino . The legislation had languished in Congress since its first introduction in 2011. 

This was good news; the Smithsonian Latino Center has always positioned itself as an incubator of Latino curatorial talent and as a predecessor to a Smithsonian museum that would focus on the Latino experience. Indeed, Díaz and his staff consider the new exhibition space as a testing ground for what a future museum might offer. The work involved goes well beyond a dress rehearsal. With such a broad mandate, the center has to carefully weigh what to cover and how to cover a culture made up of different ethnicities and backgrounds.

And that’s the easy part. Díaz—who now holds two posts as head of the Latino Center and interim director of the new Latino museum—knows that many moving parts are involved, not just with the gallery, but with the future museum. The 2020 legislation directed the Smithsonian to create an advisory board. In June, the board of trustees was announced, making headlines with such well-known names as José Andrés, the creator of World Central Kitchen, the Grammy Award winner Emilio Estefan, the actor and producer Eva Longoria, TV producer Sofía Vergera, journalist Soledad O’Brien, as well as prominent entrepreneurs, philanthropists and investors.

The question of where to put the museum—on the National Mall or somewhere close by—must be determined by December 2022. A building design has to be decided on. And a lot of money needs to be raised—half the funding will come from the federal government and the other half will have to come from private donations. To open the National Museum of African American History and Culture, board members and staff needed to raise more than $270 million; Díaz says this time around, it's hard to estimate how much will need to be raised, but it will be in the hundreds of millions.

If past experiences with that museum and with the National Museum of the American Indian augur anything, it's that both the gallery and museum will be heralded as a triumph, albeit an imperfect one. They will proudly deliver a profound visitor experience, yet no museum could fully grapple with the complexities of Latino experiences in this country. The museum, once finished, will be an inescapable part of the Smithsonian landscape; it will exist and nothing will ever take away from that.

But first, the center has to complete work on its first new exhibition “¡Presente! A Latino History of the United States” opening in the Molina Family Latino Gallery. The gallery, mainly funded by descendants of C. David Molina, founder of the California-based Molina Healthcare and his wife Mary, will feature more than 200 artifacts, such as a refugee raft used by those fleeing communist Cuba, a dress worn by the “Queen of Salsa” Celia Cruz, and a registration form for slaves in Puerto Rico. The show will also feature newly commissioned illustrations of luminaries such as the Indigenous freedom fighter Toypurina, Mexican American muralist Judy Baca, the Puerto Rican educator Antonia Pantoja and the Colombian American drag queen Julio Sarria. The seminal exhibition will be supported by educational and cultural programs and also feature a communal space for gathering and conversation.

Devoted to telling the storied history of the Latino experience, the exhibition team had difficult decisions to make over what to include. “A lot of the conversation was originally on how we could best use this space. It’s a limited amount of square footage; real estate is so much of a luxury at the Institution,” says Emily Key , the center’s director of education. 

Key says her team realized that a deep-dive approach on every topic ultimately wouldn’t work. So, they set on creating a broad overview that would lead to more specialized sections of the gallery, such as the Mexican-American War or activist movements. Another crucial component was getting buy-in from American Latinos. So, the team engaged with stakeholders who played a critical role in shaping the design and focus of the gallery. Such actions were crucial to not only ensure accuracy but authenticity.

“If you're building a museum that is culturally and ethnic specific, you need to have that first voice at the table when you're creating it to really ground the experience in,” Key says.

Ranald Woodaman , the center’s exhibitions and public program director says that staff sat down with many of the various Latino groups, including Mexican Americans, Salvadoran Americans, Afro-Latinos, Bolivian immigrants and Indigenous peoples in an attempt at focus testing.

Woodaman recalls showing a group of Bolivian immigrants the phrase, the “U.S. came to us,” but the Bolivians were puzzled. While the phrase evokes a well-trod sentiment, “We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us,” among Mexican Americans  living on land in the U.S. that once belonged to Mexico, the Bolivians didn’t have the same historical relationship with American expansionism. Despite American intervention in Bolivia during the Cold War, Woodaman says the United States evoked a more benign reaction from the Bolivians.

“So long story short, we definitely changed a lot of elements as a result of people's responses to this exhibit,” he says.

The team also asked questions about what young Americans typically knew or were taught about Latino history. To begin an analysis, Key collected a number of U.S. history textbooks, ranging from the elementary to high school level. Many textbooks, she learned, skimmed over the contributions of organizers like activists César Chávez and Dolores Huerta and left out many others, such as Francisco Menéndez, a Black militiaman fighting for Spain who established the first free Black settlement in the United States, or Arturo Schomburg, an Afro Puerto Rican historian and the namesake of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York City.

During our conversatiom she described how the seventh-grade textbook in front of her only devoted one paragraph to Chávez, who along with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farmworkers Association and played a pivotal role in organizing the now famous Delano grape strike. Huerta’s lifelong and ongoing civil rights activism warranted just three sentences. Key feels the exhibition offers a chance to correct those slights.

The ongoing efforts to elevate forgotten figures and correct past oversights are also rooted in the experiences of Afro-Latinos, who compose nearly one-quarter of the U.S. Latino population. Afro-Latino immigrants from the Americas have made their mark, from struggling to outlaw slavery in their countries of origin, to introducing  agua de jamaica , or hibiscus juice, to invigorating the popular music and dance culture with genres like Salsa and Bachata. 

The  criticism about representation that followed the release of the musical film In The Heights , based in the heavily Afro-Dominican New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, has renewed ongoing discussions within these communities about their experiences and placement within the narrative of Latinidad as well within larger Latino communities.

While the center had always planned to include the contributions of Afro-Latinos, the recent controversy has cast their efforts in a new light. 

David Coronado, the senior communications officer for the Latino Center, said that the future gallery will address how race has influenced the crafting of a singular Latino identity and how a more accurate understanding is gaining traction. 

“The debates about Latinhood are not new, but they have gained much more visibility in recent years. A part of what we are trying to accomplish through Latino Center programs and the Molina Family Latino Gallery is to bring those debates to light and invite Latino and non-Latino audiences to reexamine what they know about Latino history and what it means to be Latino/Latina/Latinx,” Coronado says.

The Smithsonian has dealt with issues of Latino representation in the past. 

In 1994, a Smithsonian task force released a highly critical report, “Willful Neglect,” charging that the Institution ignored “Latinos in nearly every aspect of its operations” and called for a commitment to employ, retain and promote “a critical mass of Latinos” across the organization. During that same year , U.S. senator Jesse Helms blocked the passage of a bill that would have funded the then-proposed NMAAHC. He reasoned that such a museum would open the proverbial floodgates; if African Americans got a museum, then what is to stop other racial minorities from getting their own museums, as if such acts would somehow take away from the Smithsonian’s mission instead of adding to it. 

Museums centering on ethnic and cultural groups have been around for decades, from El Museo del Barrio in New York, founded in 1969, to the Japanese American National Museum, a Smithsonian affiliate in Los Angeles, founded in 1992. These museums, while meeting different cultural needs, are rooted in all too familiar concerns. Other institutions simply didn’t want or have the capability to reflect their histories in meaningful ways. 

Echoes of Helms’ arguments were heard again late last December when U.S. senator Mike Lee of Utah blocked the bill that led to the creation of the proposed National Museum of the American Latino, along with legislation authorizing the Smithsonian’s American Women’s History Museum . National Public Radio reported that Lee didn’t want such museums to exist amid a time of intense polarization. Lee’s remarks were criticized across the political spectrum , from U.S. senators Bob Menéndez of New Jersey to Susan Collins of Maine, reflecting just how far attitudes had changed in the intervening years. It also illustrated how the same arguments from decades past were being used in attempts to stop the construction of a museum that also centered on people of color.

Díaz says that instead of fragmenting American history, the future museum would tell a truthful story. “We can't tell all those stories in one place and so I think it's a good thing for visitors to have choices in the museums that they visit because they then can get a nuanced and even sometimes ambiguous understanding of the history of all of the parts that make up the fabric of this country,” he says.

In many ways, his family’s story represents the type of narratives visitors will encounter in the future museum. His father crossed the border as a child, and his family made their way to Los Angeles, where he became a citizen, overcame prejudice and joined the military during World War II. He met his wife after the war, and they both became teachers highly esteemed for their contributions to bilingual education and civil rights. Díaz himself graduated from San Diego State University in 1972 and came of age during the civil rights movement when he protested against the Vietnam War. 

Díaz arrived at the Smithsonian in 2008 and has helped to make appreciable strides in fostering representation. The work of the Latino Center has long been to raise the profile of young Latina and Latino scholars and help them to land important curatorial seats at the Smithsonian’s table of curators, archivists, researchers and educators; while expanding Latino collections in several Smithsonian museums, archives and research centers.

“The Smithsonian American Art Museum now has the largest collection of U.S. Latino art of any major art museum in the country,” Díaz points out.

Díaz also said that while the center and museum will eventually merge, he fully expects the Smithsonian to continue to train and mentor the next generation of Latino museum professionals and curators outside of the planned museum, and support a full range of Latino projects around the Smithsonian.

The center is also thinking digitally as it approaches the new exhibition and museum. Melissa Carrillo , the media and technology director, says that, when it opens, the gallery will feature interactive video portraits of famous figures on what she called digital storytellers, where visitors can access oral histories and perspectives on a variety of themes, such as identity and community. Another installation is a large-scale digital map that interprets demographics and other data so that visitors can better understand how issues of the day, such a Covid-19 and gun violence, impact Latino communities.

“The center part of the gallery, is called el foro , meaning the plaza... the intention is to get the visitors to come together in that central plaza-like space and have a dialogue, and the digital interactive serves as that bridge,” she says.

The experience also reflected the aspirations of the center, which always saw itself as a museum without a museum. 

The Latino museum project obliquely follows in the footsteps of NMAAHC, the Smithsonian’s most recent museum to open. In his 2019 memoir, A Fool’s Errand,  Lonnie Bunch, the Smithsonian’s secretary and founding director of NMAAHC, recalled that when he was first appointed director, well before construction had begun, he took the position that NMAAHC already existed, even if the physical building wasn’t there yet. “I was keenly aware that we needed to make visible this invisible museum,” he wrote. “We were more than an idea, more than a concept; we were a museum.”

The Latino museum exists on paper right now, but the gallery’s reception will undoubtedly impact what the museum will actually look like down the line.

One of the main sticking points that remains is the eventual location of the museum. Numerous museum advocates, including Friends of the National Museum of the American Latino, a lobbying group affiliated with the Raben Group, registered strong opinion in favor of a National Mall location.

The legislation that created the museum named four potential sites, including the  Arts and Industries Building , which is located on the Mall between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden. The terracotta Renaissance-style building opened in 1881 as the first national museum but was closed in 2004 for renovations. (This month the Arts and Industries Building welcomes the public back, debuting the much-anticipated “Futures” exhibition .)

Some of the museum’s boosters want an entirely new building that will make an architectural statement, but Díaz points out that repurposing a building will, in many ways, honor the experiences of Latinos, too. 

“This kind of adaptive reuse is something that I think many in our community are used to and so I've always said it’s more important what’s inside,” he says.

The museum will need many well-educated and experienced museum professionals. Díaz already has his eye on it and considers training the next generation of Latino museum professionals a key goal for the center. “That’s the beauty of the Molina Gallery. It allows us to train these young, Latino/Latina museum professionals that we're also bringing through the ranks. I can see an Afro Dominican student from City College interning at one of the museums here at the Smithsonian in museum education. And she or he later then becomes a museum educator working at the National Museum of the American Latino,” Díaz says.

The museum is estimated to open within ten to twelve years. Once it does, visitors will be able to see objects, photographs, artwork, archival documents and other material culture that tell stories central to the U.S. Latino experience. They can also see for themselves the often-contradictory nature of the Latino experiences that make up this country, where activists have long advocated for representation, but through oversight or by design, omitted the crucial roles of Afro-Latinos, Asian-Latinos, and women, among others.

And they can also look at items that at first glance seem non-consequential but tell a deeper story.

In August of last year, my own parents retired from their jobs in the U.S .  and returned to Mexico. I accompanied my mother south to say goodbye, where she revealed a heartbreaking story of how her parents had fallen ill and died while she was living in New York. She never got to say her goodbyes. She was pregnant with me and undocumented. To go back was to risk never seeing my father or my older brother again. She stayed and endured hardships that even now she has trouble coming to terms with. When I look at my birth certificate, yellowed and held together with tape, it shows my mother’s name as well as the name of the Korean American nurse who helped my mother give birth. But it also shows in concrete terms, what my mother was fighting for.

Memorabilia can tell a lot about ourselves, from our struggles to our triumphs. When someone visits the gallery and the museum, that person might find themselves suddenly stopped in their tracks, seeing something that speaks to them personally. Maybe it might be a brown beret, maybe it’s a can of Bustelo Coffee or maybe it’s a yellowed document. Some might wonder aloud, do these things really belong in a museum that documents American history? Yes, yes they do.

The 4,500-square-foot  Molina Family Latino Gallery , the preview of the National Museum of the American Latino, organized by the Smithsonian Latino Center will open in the National Museum of American History in May 2022.

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Eddy Martinez is a writer who has been published in Columbia Journalism Review , The Outline , Reforma , and local New York based publications. He is a graduate of the Craig Newmark School of Journalism at CUNY in New York City.

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The shining stars of the Latino community.

• 10 Inspiring Latinas Who've Made History From astronauts to artists, meet the Latinas who’ve shaped the U.S. today “People think of Latina women as being fiery and fierce, which is usually true”, says Zoe Saldaña, “but I think the quality that so many Latinas possess is strength.” From Selena to Sylvia Rivera, Latinas have shown their strength, fortitude and skill in every discipline and field, including science, the arts, law, and politics. Here we take a look at a handful of the inspiring Latinas who have made history, shaped the society we live in, and changed our world for the better. more... less... Ellen Ochoa, Joan Baez, Dolores Huerta, Selena, Sylvia Rivera, Ana Mendieta, Ileana Ros-lehtinen, Julia Garcia, Maria Elena Salinas, Sonia Sotomayor
• From Colonial Fighters to Modern Activists This portrait links modern civil rights leaders Dolores Huerta and César Chávez to historic figures Emiliano Zapata, Miguel Hidalgo, and José María Morelos, who shared their Mexican heritage and a commitment to justice.
• Latino Icons Latino icons are all around us. Latino USA takes a look at these icons and their lasting legacies. more... less... Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ellen Ochoa, Dolores Huerta, Rita Moreno, Sonia Sotomayor, Julio Rivera, Sandra Cisneros, John Fife, Diane Guerrero, Cecilia Lopez, Candido Camero, A.J. Mendez Brooke, Catherine Cotez Masto, Esmeralda Santiago, Jose Diaz-Balart, Laurie Hernandez, Sonia Manzano, Mondo Guerra.

Painting, sculpture and performance arts.

• Ballet Hispanico For fifty years Ballet Hispánico has been the leading voice intersecting artistic excellence and advocacy, and is now the largest Latinx cultural organization in the United States and one of America’s Cultural Treasures.
• Dance Performances at the National Hispanic Cultural Center The NHCC regularly presents performances by nationally and internationally acclaimed local flamenco companies. The Center also brings in dance companies from elsewhere in the U.S. and the world, with performances in genres ranging from ballet to contemporary to folkloric.
• Latino Music Figures Prominent Latino musicians in the U.S. and in Latin America. Gaby Moreno, Calle 13, Kumbia Queers, Xenia Rubinos, Ileana Cabra, Downtown Boys, Nicola Cruz, IFE (Otura Mun), Natalia Lafourcade.
• Latinos in News and Entertainment The Interviews: An Oral History of Television celebrates the contributions of Latinos to the news and entertainment industries with Hector Elizondo, Sonia Manzano, Jorge Ramos, Ricardo Montalban, Rita Moreno, Edward James Olmos, Mario Kreutzberger, and Maria Elena Salinas
• Alhambra Palace, Granada Its palaces and gardens are famous throughout the world. It is one of Spain’s most important cultural attractions. more... less... Use Google Translator or other tool to translate from Spanish to English
• National Park Service Hispanic Heritage Sites here are over 50 National Park Service sites that have Hispanic connections. Explore 20 of these sites in this exhibit. more... less... San Cristobal, Cabrillo National Monument, Castillo de San Marcos, Cesar Chavez Monument, Chamizal memorial, Coronado, Dry Tortugas, El Morro, Fort Matanzas, Fort Union, Hubbell Trading post, Old Spanish Trial, Palo Alto Battlefield, Pecos Park, Presidio of San Francisco, Salinas Pueblo Missions, San Antonio Missions, San Juan, Timucuan Preserve, Tumacacori Park,
• Honduras: The Ruins of Copan Copán, another extensively preserved example of Mayan civilization. Copán’s hieroglyphic staircase is particularly interesting. It’s 62 steps high and is the longest known Mayan hieroglyphic text. There are 2200 glyphs (or symbols) sculpted into the steps!

From ancient cities to Spanish colonization.

• California's Missions From 1769 to 1835, Franciscan missions dominated the economic and spiritual fabric of Spanish and Mexican California. The Franciscan friars established twenty-one missions in what would become the Golden State, starting in San Diego and continuing along the coast to Sonoma, forty miles north of San Francisco. These missions served as one part of a three-pronged effort by the Spanish government to settle and control Alta California (including what is now the state of California). Along with military presidios (forts) and civilian pueblos (towns), the missions were Crown-sanctioned institutions designed to bring Western civilization to what they viewed as the wild frontier.
• Central America's Past Revealed Centroamericanos—they are the backbone of the Latino communities surrounding Washington, D.C., the Smithsonian’s own backyard. They hail from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Belize, Panama, and Costa Rica. A number of cultures occupied each region. These regions are today part of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama.
• Colonial Mexico A common Mexican trait on either side of the U.S.–Mexico border is the passionate interest in Mexicanidad (Mexicanness) and what comprises Mexican identity. Perhaps this obsession to understand the concept of Mexicanidad comes from nearly five centuries of mestizaje – the interracial and cultural mixing that first occurred in Mesoamerica among Native Indigenous groups, European Spanish and enslaved Africans during the 1520s. By the 18th century, Mexican identity had developed. Mestizaje was the process that constructed it. The museum’s permanent collection showcases the dynamic and distinct Mexican stories in North America, and sheds light on why Mexican identity cannot be regarded as singular; its vast diversity defies any notion of one linear history.
• Teotihuacan: City of Water, City of Fire In the first half of the first millennium, Teotihuacan, located in the Valley of Mexico, was the cultural, political, economic, and religious center of ancient Mesoamerica. The art and architecture its citizens left behind have been objects of fascination at least since the time of the Aztecs and continue to be admired and studied by scholars and visitors from around the world.
• A Year in the Life of a Spanish Colonial Pueblo: San José de Guadalupe in 1809 Official correspondence from the Spanish-Mexican Records of the Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe.

The modern Latino experience. Learn more about the communities of the present

• Detroit's Lowrider Culture Spring is a special time of year on Detroit's Southwest side, known as Mexicantown. Ther's teh Blessing of the lowriders. The aesthetic, often associated in pop culture with old school West Coast gangster rap videos wasn't exactly embraced by residents. Among the early national car clubs to make their way to Detroit was the Majestics, an outfit that got its start in the LA suburb of Norwalk in 1963.
• Hispanic Heritage Foundation Identifies, Inspires, Prepares and Positions Latino Leaders. Established by the White House in 1987. The Hispanic Heritage Awards were established in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan to commemorate the creation of Hispanic Heritage Month in America. Since that time, the Hispanic Heritage Awards are considered among the highest honors for Hispanics by Hispanics. Top Latino performers and personalities will pay tribute to the Honorees from the stage. The Awards are unique in that celebrities take the stage along with educators, innovators, community and business leaders, elected officials, and others.
• Influential People and Moments in Latino History in the US This exhibit presents videos that recognize and shed light on people and events that have influenced Hispanic culture in America.
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With a dual background in education and art history, Concha-Núñez’s approach merges lots of contextual information with an open, multi-modal learning style that works for audiences of all ages and backgrounds. Currently a museum educator at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, his main focus is, “…to ignite empowerment and civic participation to enrich communities through the arts and culture.”

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Take a Hispanic Virtual Field Trip Around the World!

If you want to take your students on a Hispanic virtual field trip around the world, go no further than the list below. There’s one major landmark per Spanish-speaking country with enough awe-inspiring sights to celebrate Hispanic pride at any time of year. 

There are waterfalls, volcanos, colonial cities, and ancient ruins amongst these natural and manmade wonders. You can use the videos or websites I’ve found as a starting off point for your Hispanic virtual field trip around the world. Or you can use the list for students to explore on their own. 

These make for a perfect around-the-world virtual field trip to every Hispanic country from the comfort of your classroom or living room.

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Hispanic Virtual Field Trips

Iguazú Falls

Kick-off your Hispanic virtual field trip with Iguazú Falls, right on the border of Argentina and Brazil. It’s a series of over 200 waterfalls making it one of the widest waterfalls in the world. In fact, they are double the size of Niagara Falls. It’s an important landmark for the cities of Puerto Iguazú in Argentina and Foz de Iguazu in Brazil, though the majority of waterfalls are on the Argentinian side.

Salar de Uyuni

Next up is the largest salt flat in the world. It can be found in Bolivia and it’s called the Salar de Uyuni. The barren landscape is so surreal that it’s been used as a filming location for several movies including Star Wars: The Last Jedi . Adding to it’s out of this world vibe, the flats turn into a giant mirror after it rains when a thin layer of water collects on the ground. 

Cerro San Cristóbal

Moving on to Chile, Cerro San Cristóbal houses the Parque Metropolitano, one of the largest urban parks in the world. This “hill’’ that overlooks the city of Santiago boasts a long list of amenities and activities for residents and tourists. There’s a cable car, a funicular, a zoo, two public pools, Japanese gardens, and plenty to see and do.

Walled City of Cartagena

Then, spend some time in the heart of a vibrant Hispanic city -Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Students can enjoy a virtual tour of the walled city of Cartagena . The colonial city sits on the Caribbean Sea and was an important trade port along with Havana, Cuba, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The walls and the city are beautiful to see in person (or online!). 

Let’s head straight to one of Costa Rica’s most active volcanos, Volcán Arenal. Until 2010 it was actively spewing lava, but suddenly stopped and went dormant. Scientists think the top layers of lava are dormant, while the bottom layers are still active. It’s considered to be a “young” volcano at over 7,000 years old.

Afterwards, students can take another quick city escape to Old Havana. The city center and vintage cars are a step back in time.

Dominican Republic

Soana island.

After spending time in the hustle and bustle of the city, it’s time to head to a deserted island. The pristine beaches of Soana Island make it a popular destination in the Dominican Republic. It certainly has a deserted island feel which has made it a perfect filming location for movies like The Pirates of the Caribbean . Originally inhibited by the Taino people and called Adamanay, it is part of the Cotubanama National Park.

Ciudad Mitad del Mundo

Meanwhile, young explorers might be interested to see where the equator lies in Ecuador. It’s located near Quito, and the area, which commemorates the equator and has several museums, is called the Ciudad Mitad del Mundo . Check out their website for more information about the equator, which separates the northern and southern hemispheres, and is what gives Ecuador its name.

El Salvador

El boquerón.

Want to check out another volcano? This one is located near the capital city of San Salvador in El Salvador. El Boquerón is an inactive volcano that people can hike to. If that’s not enough, there’s a smaller crater within El Boquerón called El Boqueroncito.

Now, heading to our first of several ancient cities is Tikal. It’s an ancient Mayan city and one of the most important complexes that showcases Mayan culture to this day. The ruins show visitors where Mayans lived, their temples, ball courts, palaces, and public squares -all located in the middle of the Guatemalan rainforest.

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo national park.

From Guatemala to Central Africa, celebrate Equatorial Guinea’s Malabo National Park. It’s Central Africa’s first complete urban park. It’s extensive, beautiful, and absolutely worth a look.

Jumping back to Central America, one of Honduras’ main attractions is Copán, another extensively preserved example of Mayan civilization. Copán’s hieroglyphic staircase is particularly interesting. It’s 62 steps high and is the longest known Mayan hieroglyphic text. There are 2200 glyphs (or symbols) sculpted into the steps!

Chichen-Itza

Meanwhile, another example of Mayan (and Toltec) culture are the ruins of Chichen-Itza. It’s thought to be one of the largest and most diverse Mayan cities and that’s reflected in the different architectural styles found throughout the complex.

Masaya Volcano National Park

Get another peek at a Central American volcano in Masaya Volcano National Park. The park contains two volcanoes, five craters, and a lava tube (a cave made from an underground stream of lava that is now empty). The Masaya Volcano is still active and spews large amounts of gas into the air. Students can watch it erupt in the video above.

Panama Canal

Started in the late 1800s by France and finished in 1914 by the US, the Panama Canal is a major engineering feat that gives ships a shortcut between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Through a series of locks, water levels rise and fall allowing ships to pass through. But it still takes 8-10 hours! 

Saltos del Monday

The second waterfall on the list goes to Paraguay’s Saltos del Monday. They are a set of three waterfalls located near the Triple Frontier -where Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay meet.

Machu Picchu

We’ve seen quite a few Mayan cities on the list so far, but representing the Incas is the infamous citadel of Machu Picchu. It’s one of Peru’s most visited sites. Nestled among the mountain slopes of the Andes, the city does a spectacular job of blending in with its environment.

Puerto Rico

Bioluminescent bays.

Let’s leave ancient ruins in the past and head to the waters of Puerto Rico. Students can watch water glow in the dark in one the island’s bioluminescent bays. In fact, there are only five places around the world with glowing water just like this -and three of them are in Puerto Rico! The glow in the dark effect is caused by tiny organisms that live in the water and light up when moved. 

Sagrada Familia

Next up, cross the Atlantic Ocean and dry off while exploring the Sagrada Familia. The basilica (a type of church) is one of the world’s most famous sites even though it’s still being built. Construction started in 1882 and is expected to finish in 2026. 

The Fingers of Punta del Este

Our Hispanic virtual field trip around the world is almost over, but first, let’s head back to South America. Just like it sounds, one of Uruguay’s most prominent landmarks is a sculpture of a hand emerging from the sand. It was created in 1982 by a Chilean artist and goes by a few different names: Los Dedos, Hombre Emergiendo a La Vida, or The Hand .

Angel Falls

Finally, let’s wrap up the trip with our last waterfall: Angel Falls in Venezuela. It’s the tallest waterfall in the world and you’ll get vertigo from just watching the video above. The falls are named after a pilot, Jimmie Angel, who crash landed his plane there.

If your kids can’t travel in person, these Hispanic virtual field trips are the next best thing. There is so much to see, from volcanoes, to waterfalls, to ancient ruins, that your students won’t be disappointed.

Looking for more virtual field trip ideas? Head here for virtual trips to Spain , Colombia , and Peru .

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It is the best known of the Kremlins (Russian citadels) and includes five palaces, four cathedrals, and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers. Also within this complex is the Grand Kremlin Palace. The complex serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.

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