Hispanic Cultural Center
About the Hispanic Cultural Center- In keeping with New Mexico's rich Hispanic heritage, the Department of Cultural Affairs and its Hispanic Cultural Division developed a world-class facility in Albuquerque's South Valley to preserve, interpret, and showcase Hispanic arts and lifeways.
In 1998, a sixteen-acre site was chosen for the $34 million project along the east side of the Rio Grande at Fourth Street and Avenida César Chávez in an area known as the Barelas neighborhood. Barelas, a traditionally Hispanic neighborhood, has historically been a crossroads for New Mexico's people. The community was settled for its proximity to a natural ford in the Río Grande and the Camino Real, the Spanish colonial era Royal Road used primarily for trade between Mexico and northern New Mexico. Later, the rail yards made Barelas a vibrant and economically important neighborhood in Albuquerque.
- More information
- http://www.nhccnm.org/
- Location
- 1701 4th SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
From I-25, exit Avenida César Chávez, follow west over railroad tracks, to 4th Street Parking lot entrance on César Chávez.
From Downtown, follow 4th Street south to Avenida
César Chávez. Parking accessible from 4th Street.
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