San Antonio is getting the nation's first Mexican American Civil Rights museum somewhere west of downtown — but the location is still TBD.
Attendees of the event revealing five potential sites for the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute 's museum project point to a potential location just west of Milam Park.San Antonio is getting the nation’s first Mexican American Civil Rights museum somewhere west of downtown — but officials still need to decide where exactly it will go.
An official site will be selected within six months by MACRI. Next steps include acquisition of land, planning and design, fundraising, construction, and programming. The museum will tell the story of the contributions of Mexican Americans and expansion of civl rights and “pieces of history left out of the story,” MACRI Executive Director Sarah Zenaida Gould said.
“For us to bear witness to the creation of the nation’s first Mexican American Civil Rights Museum which will be here in San Antonio, the cradle of Mexican American Civil Rights, and the Mexican American cultural capital of the U.S., this is a big moment,” Zenaida Gould said.
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