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Mexic-Arte Museum
Nonprofit Latino art museum born in a storefront, now anchoring a playful street parade.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Mexic-Arte Museum in Austin traces its start in a cramped downtown storefront in nineteen eighty-four, when three young artists decided Mexican and Latino art needed a permanent home. It follows a playful nineteen eighty-nine project that turned an ordinary bus stop into an art happening, and carries that same spirit into the museum's present-day street festival. You will hear who those founders were and what convinced them nobody else would build it first.
This audio guide was created using AI.