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National Museum of the American Latino Receives $2 Million Donation from Industry Giants

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 18:17:52 +0000

On Thursday (October 13), Google donated $1 million to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino (NMAL) to support the development of new programs, exhibitions, and construction alongside another big donor. Created in 2020, NMAL “advances the representation, understanding and appreciation of Latino history and culture in the United States.” The museum’s Molina Family

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The National Museum of the American Latino Is Finally Happening

Yolanda Machado — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 20:29:21 +0000

While the big news coming out of Congress is the long awaited COVID-19 Stimulus Bill finally passing, there’s another piece of big news coming from DC–we are finally getting a National Museum of the American Latino! “Twenty-six years in the making, the determination of so many in Congress, in business, the arts and across our

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A National Latino Museum in the US Is One Step Closer to Reality

Ecleen Luzmila Caraballo — Tue, 28 Jul 2020 15:53:21 +0000

In 1994, the lack of Latinx representation at the Smithsonian was called part of “a pattern of willful neglect.” At the time, the report counted that exclusion an offense to the 25 million Latinos living in the U.S. Now, that number is at nearly 60 million. On Monday, July 27, the U.S. House of Representatives

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