Latin American Museums & Collections
Latin American Art at the Allen Memorial Art Museum by Call Number: Art Library, N6502.5 .A45 2014ISBN: 9780615997209
- The Mexican Museum: In association with the Smithsonian Institution
Currently, the museum is offering digital art exhibits on its website, as well as a virtual viewing of pieces from its art collection through augmented reality, in partnership with Google Arts and Culture, allowing visitors to experience museum exhibits directly from their mobile devices—which was particularly beneficial during the pandemic. - MOLAA: Museum of Latin American Art
MOLAA is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino art. Use for descriptions of past and current exhibitions and biographies of featured artists. - El Museo del Barrio (New York)
The preeminent U.S. forum and resource dedicated to Caribbean, Latino, and Latin American art. Their 8,000+-object collection contains Caribbean, Latino and Latin American art. - National Museum of Mexican Art
Use for their list of art and artists and their current and past exhibitions. Dedicated to 3,600 years of creativity from both sides of the border, exemplifying the diversity of Mexican culture.
Images
- JSTOR Images This link opens in a new windowOver 1 million images selected to support research and reaching in art history from pre-historical to contemporary media.
Websites
- Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc. (FAMSI)
Collection of pre-Columbian resources contributed by scholars around the world. Use FAMSI for it's essays, ancient maps, bibliographies, codex facsimiles, and photographs. - Maya vase database
Images of approximately 2,000 Maya vases in museums and collections across the United States, Europe, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize. Many of the photographs have been published in books and papers by scholars so that information about them is readily available. Many files have links to a still photograph of the vase and a number have links to essays describing details of the text from well-known scholars. - MesoWeb
A variety of resources, such as books, essays, photographs, archaeological reports, monuments, and artifacts, about or from the ancient cultures of Mexico and adjacent Central America, with a particular emphasis on the Maya. Includes a digital facsimilie of the Grolier Codex (under "Resources"). - Nahuatl Dictionary
Search for any words in English, Spanish or Nahuatl and find their meaning.