El Museo’s annual Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration returns on Saturday, November 1 with a full day of family-friendly, free programming. Honoring the lives of loved ones who have passed, this beloved tradition invites visitors of all ages to come together and experience the vibrant cultural traditions surrounding Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Enjoy live music and dance performances, art-making workshops, calavera (skull) face painting, and a communal altar.
This year’s altar installation will offer visitors and school groups the chance to engage in collective reflection by contributing messages to the altar at El Café from mid-October through mid-November.
The artwork of the event will be created by illustrator Andrea Pardo.
Our Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) Celebration is generously supported by Morgan Stanley.
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This October, The Clemente and El Museo del Barrio will co-commission the creation of this year’s Día de los Muertos altar at El Museo. The altar will pay homage to central figures who shaped and chronicled El Barrio’s character––from activist writers Bernardo Vega and Clemente Soto Vélez, to artists Rafael Tufiño, Tony Bechara, the Young Lords, and Alice Neel, to legendary musician Eddie Palmieri.
Presented in partnership/collaboration with Historias, a transformative citywide effort led by The Clemente that re-centers Latinx cultural narratives in New York City through exhibitions, performances, oral histories, and digital storytelling, the altar will be accompanied by activations that underscore how ritual, art, and memory sustain diasporic communities.
The installation will be on view from October 9 through November 21, serving as the centerpiece of El Museo del Barrio’s Día de los Muertos celebration on Saturday, November 1.