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San Antonio Says Hola To Latino Museum

April 16, 2007 at 12:45 PM | 0 Comments

This Smithsonian project is off the Mall -- way off. When it opened on Friday with fireworks and a Linda Rondstadt concert (she's part Mexican!), San Antonio's Museo Alameda automatically became the country's biggest museum of Latino culture. Topped off with exhibits about Panamanian nail salons and jewelry from a Hapsburg emperor of Mexico, the $15 million museum even has a Spanish nickname -- MAS, for Museo Alameda Smithsonian. ("Mas" means "more" in Spanish, gringo.)

The museum will eventually also have a live entertainment venue in the renovated and reborn Teatro Alameda, according to the L.A. Times.

[Photo: Al Rendon/LAT]