El Museo del Barrio Museum

Address: 1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th St.), New York, NY 10029, USA

Website: https://elmuseo.org

Hours: Wed-Sun 11:00am-5:00pm; Thu 11:00am-8:00pm

Admission: Adult $10, seniors/students $7, children under 12 free (prices subject to change)

El Museo del Barrio is a cultural museum in East Harlem, Manhattan, focused on art and cultural heritage from Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and broader Latin America and Latinx communities. It was founded in 1969 and has grown into a museum with both permanent and rotating exhibitions.

Exhibition spaces include galleries of modern and contemporary art, folk and popular art, and changing shows that highlight Latinx artists and community histories. The museum also runs educational programs, public events and community outreach.

The institution began as a community-based effort to promote Puerto Rican and Latino cultural expression in New York City and developed into a museum with national recognition for its collections and programming.

The museum sits in East Harlem on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, within the stretch of cultural institutions commonly called Museum Mile.

• Founding year: Established in 1969 to represent Puerto Rican and Latino artists and communities in New York City.
• Location note: Located on Fifth Avenue in East Harlem, adjacent to other cultural institutions on the Museum Mile corridor.

What to See#

• Galleries: Houses rotating temporary exhibitions and a permanent collection focused on Puerto Rican, Caribbean and Latin American artists alongside contemporary Latinx art.
• Education and community programs: Runs education and community programs including workshops, school visits and cultural events aimed at East Harlem and wider New York audiences.

Take the 4/5/6 subway to 103rd Street-Lexington Avenue and walk west 10-12 minutes to Fifth Avenue and 104th Street, or take the M101/M102/M103 buses along Fifth Avenue. From Central Park, it’s about a 10-15 minute walk north along the park’s eastern edge.

• Enter from 104th Street to avoid the Fifth Avenue tourist crowd and catch the quieter lobby murals.
• Visit on Thursday evening when the museum often stays open later and local events bring artists and curators in for talks.
• Don't skip the folk art collection upstairs - its carved santos and carnival masks reveal the radical grassroots origins of the museum.