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Museum Philosophy
The Mexican Museum is a first voice institution that utilizes Latino cultural expression as a lens for examining parallel experiences shared by the many cultural communities that constitute the Americas. This requires us to be continually mindful that our approach to artistic and scholarly work communicates multi-faceted Mexican and Latino artistic and cultural ideas. It is through this lens that meaningful links are made to other cultures setting a framework for navigating within, and contributing to, our contemporary society.
Our philosophy grows from the understanding that a community is comprised of many influences, histories and experiences. It is on this foundation that The Mexican Museum stands to make its most significant contributions to the field.
Through the lens of Mexican, Latino and Chicano arts and culture, the Museum provides:
• Reciprocity, a living cultural intersection where innovative ideas and public experiences develop and influence one another
• Multiple points of view in curation, education and scholarship
• Programs which reflect a range of cultural influences, comprising the Mexican, Latino and Chicano experience
• A re-definition of ideas and practices within and outside the arts and cultural field
• Meaningful links to life experience
As the world strives for greater understanding and appreciation between cultures, art continues to be one of history's most enduring and visual languages, providing an important vehicle for re-interpreting the past, expounding on the present, and alluding to the future.
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“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.”
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