Spring 2024 Exhibitions

¡WELCOME!El Museo del Barrio invites visitors to explore its Spring 2024 Exhibitions.Amalia Mesa-Bains: Archaeology of Memory | May 2 – August 11, 2024The first retrospective exhibition by the pioneering installation artist, curator, and theorist Amalia Mesa-Bains(1943, Santa Clara, California).The exhibition features over 40 works including the artist’s large-scalealtar-installations,as well as prints, artist books, and codices.Cuerpo: Carlos Martiel | May 2 – September 1, 2024The first solo exhibition in a New York City museum of Carlos Martiel (1989, Havana, Cuba), the inaugural recipientof the Maestro Dobel Latinx Prize. This groundbreaking survey, on view from May 2 to September 1, 2024,encapsulates Martiel's performance-based practice over the past fourteen years.Ocama Aracoel | March 14 – August 11, 2024El Museo del Barrio presentsOcama Aracoel,a section of the long-term exhibitionSomething Beautiful: Reframing La Colección,which reexamined El Museo del Barrio’s unique and culturally diverse permanent collection. Meaning “a call to the ancestors”in the Taíno language,Ocama Aracoel foregrounds the importance of Taíno cultural inheritance. As part of this project,El Museo invited a Taíno advisory council to guide the reinstallation of these spiritually resonant forms.To learn more about these exhibition and related programming stay connected with ElMuseo del Barrio online through www.elmuseo.organd the Museum’s bilingual guide ontheBloomberg Connects app. For additional information follow usonFacebook,Instagram,Twitter, andYouTube.HEALTH AND SAFETY (as of 03/2024)To ensure the health and safety of our visitors and staff, and to improve your experienceat the Museum, please see guidelines below.BEFORE YOU ARRIVE Stay home if you are feeling sick.Please stay home if you are feeling sick.For moreinformation about COVID-19, check the CDC website.DURING YOUR VISIT Vaccination NOT required.El Museo does not require proof of vaccination to access theMuseum spaces.Face coverings are encouraged.All visitors over the age of two areencouraged to wearface coverings throughout your visit in Museum spaces,including Las Galerías, El Teatro,and El Cafe.GENERAL INFORMATIONHours.El Museo del Barrio’s Galleries are open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, andSundays from 11am to 5pm. Timed Tickets.We recommend purchasing tickets online in advance. Same-day timedtickets will be available for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis every day at theMuseum.Community Partners.For local and family organizations (i.e. Cool Culture) in partnershipwith El Museo, please refer to an email received from El Museo with your assigneddiscount code to be entered when reserving your ticket. For information, please emailemdbtickets@elmuseo.org.El Museo Amenities.The Coat Check is available and open during Museum hours.EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO MEMBERSAll El Museo individual and corporate members receive free admission. Current Memberswill receive an email from our membership office with a discount code to be enteredwhen reserving your ticket. Walk-ins (non-timed ticket holders) will be grantedadmission based on availability. For more information on membership,emailmembers@elmuseo.org.