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El Museo del Barrio
El Museo del Barrio Review
El barrio is Spanish for "the neighborhood" and the nickname for East Harlem, a largely Spanish-speaking Puerto Rican and Dominican community. The museum, on the edge of this neighborhood, focuses on Latin American and Caribbean art. The more than 6,500-object permanent collection includes numerous pre-Columbian artifacts, sculpture, photography, film and video, and traditional art from all over Latin America. The collection of 360 santos, carved wooden folk-art figures from Puerto Rico, is a popular attraction. Thanks to a renovation in 2009, the museum now sports a glass facade and a redesigned courtyard.
- Address: 1230 5th Ave., between E. 104th and E. 105th Sts., Upper East Side, New York, NY, 10029 | Map It
- Phone: 212/831-7272
- Cost: $9
- Hours: Wed.-Sun. 11-5
- Website: www.elmuseo.org
- Subway: 6 to 103rd St.
- Location: Upper East Side
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