Collections
Mexic-Arte Museum’s Permanent Collection is comprised of approximately 1500 works of historic and contemporary Mexican, Latino and Latin American art and material culture. The collection was built upon the desire to share the richness of these cultures with the community of Central Texas. Items in the Permanent Collection have been collected over the course of more than 30 years, and are regularly featured in exhibitions to compliment the exhibit content and themes.
The holdings in the Permanent Collection range in medium and include folk art, drawings, paintings, prints, textiles, and photographs. Mexic-Arte Museum is one of only a few collecting Latino museums in the country, and one of the first to insist on a “first voice” cultural lens. Items in the collection elaborate on many important themes within the humanities, such as religious transformation in the Americas, social change in the U.S./Mexico borderlands region, immigration history, the importance of popular culture, the historical development of Mexic-Arte Museum itself, and more.
The Museum continues to acquire pieces for its collection, all of which help us educate the public about the art, culture and histories of Mexicans and Mexican Americans.