Nuestras Historias

Nuestra Historia: African Presence in Mexico is an online exhibition developed out of a permanent exhibition by the Natinal Museum of Mexican Art. The museum’s permanent collection showcases the dynamic and distinct Mexican stories in North America, and sheds light on why Mexican identity cannot be regarded as singular; its vast diversity defies any notion of one linear history.

A common Mexican trait on either side of the U.S.–Mexico border is the passionate interest in Mexicanidad (Mexicanness) and what comprises Mexican identity. Perhaps this obsession to understand the concept of Mexicanidad comes from nearly five centuries of mestizaje – the interracial and cultural mixing that first occurred in Mesoamerica among Native Indigenous groups, European Spanish and enslaved Africans during the 1520s. By the 18th century, Mexican identity had developed. Mestizaje was the process that constructed it.

Please visit the exhibicion here.

National Museum of Mexican Art

1852 W 19th Street

Chicago, IL 60608

Opening hours: Tuesday – Saturday / 10 am – 5 pm