Museum of Latin American ArtThe Museum of Latin American Art educates the public through the collection, preservation, presentation and interpretation of modern and contemporary Latin American art in order to promote cross-cultural dialogue.
Mexican MuseumThe 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.
Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonThe mission of the Latin American Art Department and its research institute, the International Center for the Arts of the Americas (ICAA), is to collect, exhibit, research, and educate the public about the diverse artistic production of Latin Americans and Latinos.
The Hispanic Society of AmericaThe collections of the Hispanic Society are unparalleled in their scope and quality outside the Iberian Peninsula, addressing nearly every aspect of culture in Spain, as well as a large part of Portugal and Latin America.
Latin American Library, Tulane University-The Latin American Library's Image Archive, one of only a handful of such collections in the United States, holds over 55,000 individual images from virtually every country in the region.
-The Latin American Library is the repository of more than 150 collections of manuscripts, dating from the early sixteenth-century to the present day. In all, the library holds over 750 linear feet of manuscripts.
-The Latin American Library's Rare Printed Materials Collection numbers over 14,000 titles, almost half of which are rare pamphlets.
Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Librariesspecialized research library focusing on materials from and about Latin America, and materials relating to Latin@s in the United States. Latin America is here defined to include Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean island nations, South America, and areas of the United States during the period they were a part of the Spanish Empire or Mexico.
• over 970,000 books, periodicals, pamphlets, and microforms;
• 4,000 linear feet of manuscripts;
• 19,000 maps;
• 11,500 broadsides;
• 93,500 photographs;
• 50,000 items in a variety of other media (sound recordings, drawings, video tapes and cassettes, slides, transparencies, posters, memorabilia, and electronic media)
Online Exhibits & Collections
Arizona Memory ProjectSearch over 100,000 digital items related to Arizona history and culture.
Calisphere (University of California)Digital collections from California's great libraries, archives, and museums. Discover over 400,000 images, texts, and recordings—and counting.
La ChicanaThis Exhibit celebrates Mexican American women across generations, classes, and occupations, from turn-of-the-century women and their families to modern, contemporary Chicana educators and leaders
The Chicano/Chicana Experience in ArizonaThis Exhibit was assembled to describe, illustrate and present historic images and documents that demonstrate, record and tell the story of the essential contributions Mexican Americans have made to the history and development of Arizona.
Hispanic Reading RoomThe Hispanic Reading Room is the primary access point for research related to Iberia, Latin America, and the Caribbean; the indigenous cultures of those areas; and peoples throughout the world historically influenced by Luso-Hispanic heritage, including Latinos in the U.S., and peoples of Portuguese or Spanish heritage in Africa, Asia, and Oceania. The core of the collection derives from the 6,000 Luso-Hispanic materials available throughout the Library of Congress.
Sonora, Arizona 1907-1965Mexican and Mexican American workers and their families came to the Arizona region to work and founded the community of Sonora, Arizona in 1907. This is their story.