ABOUT US

The art museum collection at Museo de las Americas contains approximately 4,800 pieces of artwork, including Ancient American, Spanish colonial, folk art, fine art, pottery, textiles, contemporary art and more. Every country in South and Central America, Mesoamerica, and the Caribbean is represented, as well as the Southwest United States including the Denver region.  Museo’s collection also holds the works of dozens of Latin American indigenous groups.

The collection at Museo de las Americas is made entirely of donated items, Museo never purchases artwork or artifacts. The collection was built through the generosity of the community, and it continues to grow in size and diversity.

The mission of collections is to protect, preserve, and share Latin American history and culture, as well as represent Latinx art and artists. The pieces in Museo’s collection are the inheritance of Latinx people, and it is the mission of the collections department to make the objects accessible to the public through Sin Fronteras, the travelling exhibit program, as well as in the two permanent gallery spaces at Museo, Tiempo y Lugar and La Misión.