Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center
The Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center is open for everyone to enjoy. It is a space where people can communicate openly, create diverse relationships, and take pride in their communities. Through our exhibitions, we educate individuals about Chicana/o, Latina/o, and Indigenous culture and history. We also host a variety of fun educational classes and activities for the public involving a wide range of arts, literature, science and history.
Local Artists Gallery
Adjacent to the Museum Store, the CPMCC houses an exhibit space that features artwork by rotating local artists. A new local artist is featured every four weeks, bringing captivating artwork that often highlights Chicano culture or takes inspiration from Chicano Park. Pieces are available for purchase, giving visitors a chance to take home a beautiful piece while supporting local artists.
Logan Heights Archival Project
The Logan Heights Archival Documentation Project (LHADP) began at the University of San Diego with Professor Alberto Pulido and his students from his Chicano San Diego courses. The idea behind this project was to document the many contributions made by the residents of Logan Heights pre and post freeway and bridge construction and destruction of the Logan Heights Neighborhood. A central goal for CPMCC is to recover and preserve our history that has been lost or destroyed by external governmental and development entities. LHADC along with CPMCC lives the belief that “a people without a community of memory will cease to exist.”
Tours
Tours of the museum and its collections are beneficial to gaining a deeper understanding of the history of Chicano Park and the power of art. To request a tour of the CPMCC, please reach out to admn@chicanoparkmuseum.org.
Space Reservations
Community spaces are donation-based and available to reserve by contacting receptionist@chicanoparkmuseum.org. Community spaces at the CPMCC include the Workshop Room and the Community Room, and have been utilized for a variety of purposes including educational workshops, programs led by community members, and organization’s meetings, among more.
Chicano Park
Chicano Park, adjacent to the museum, is the geographic and emotional heart of Barrio Logan, located in Logan Heights, San Diego’s oldest Mexican-American neighborhood. The park is home to the largest concentration of Chicano murals in the world with more than 80 paintings on seven acres dotted with sculpture, gardens, picnic tables and playgrounds. The Chicano Park Steering Committee oversees the Chicano Park and Chicano Park Day activities. To request a tour of the park, visit the Chicano Park Steering Committee page: https://chicano-park.com Chicano Park is open daily 6 a.m to 10 p.m.
Chicano Park: EL Parque Chicano Chicano Park/La Tierra Mia Logo (1974) Charlotte Marie Hernandez-Terry A Park for The People On April 22, 1970, residents of Logan Heights, in collaboration with student and community activists, interrupted and suspended the construction of a highway patrol station happening on the piece of land the community had previously allocated for a park. Read More…
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Spare Parts – An Art Toys Exhibition by Gomez Customs
July 11 – August 6
Marino Gomez is a Chicano artist from Sherman Heights in San Diego, California. Starting in 2020, he initially made use of his basic photoshop skills and spare parts of action figures he could find at swapmeets and online. His work utilizes a mix of digital and physical media to create custom art toys, sometimes referred to as bootleg toys. Along with some sculpting, he makes use of a process known as “kitbashing” which involves piecing together new and old action figures to create a new and custom piece. Read more…
Visit Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center
Address:
1960 National Avenue
San Diego, CA
92113
Phone:
N/A
Hours:
Museum Hours: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m Thursday through Sunday.
Website:
1960 National Avenue, San Diego, CA
