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collections

Appraisers - Conservators *

Appraisers

Prepared by Rebecca D. Meyers
Permanent Collection Curator

American Society of Appraisers
555 Herndon Parkway, Suite 125
Herndon, VA 20170
Phone (800) ASA-VALU
Fax (703) 742-8471
asainfo@appraisers.org
(They can recommend someone local with a particular area of expertise.)

Artwork Donation Guidelines

The National Museum of Mexican Art’s collection goal is to acquire artwork by Mexican and Mexican-descent artists that builds on the strengths of our existing collection:

Prints and Drawings

Paintings and Sculptures

The painting and sculptures at the NMMA include distinctive works ranging from colonial religious art to contemporary multimedia installations. There are appoximately 200 paintings and sculptures in the museum's collection.

 

The collection features these artists:

Folk Art

The arte popular (folk art) collection at the NMMA contains approximately 1,500 objects from many states in Mexico. The materials include Día de los Muertos items, masks, figurines, utilitarian and decorative objects made of low-fire ceramics, papier-mâché, wood and other materials.

Textiles

Mexican textiles are undeniably one of the most admired forms of artisanal craftsmanship in the world. The NMMA’s textile collection contains almost 400 articles of clothing and decorative pieces made in Mexico, all highlighting the beauty and complexity of the Mexican textile tradition. Artifacts include dresses used in folkloric dance, embroideries, huipiles (blouses or dresses), indigenous outfits, men’s clothing and weavings.

Ephemera

Pre-Cuauhtémoc

Pre-Cuauhtémoc is a term that Carlos Tortolero, NMMA President and Founder, began to use in the classroom as a Chicago Public Schools high school teacher (1975-1982).  Tortolero purposely sought to de-emphasize the Eurocentric view of Mexican history.  He regarded the popular terms - pre-Hispanic, pre-Colombian and pre-conquest used by academics and institutions as problematic since they placed emphasize on “Europe” to define a specific time period in the Americas.

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