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Where Memory Lives: 40 Years of Día de Muertos at the National Museum of Mexican Art

National Museum of Mexican Art · Pilsen

Where Memory Lives: 40 Years of Día de Muertos

Upcoming25 September 2026 – 29 November 2026·Free

The museum's 40th annual Día de Muertos exhibition looks back through the permanent collection at how the holiday and the museum itself have evolved, with ofrendas, installations and a community memory space.

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