CALLE PRINCIPAL: MI MÉXICO EN LOS ÁNGELES
On Permanent View
This interactive and educational permanent exhibition invites families to explore the sights, sounds, and smells of downtown Los Angeles during the 1920s. Calle Principal is an immersive recreation of Main Street, the onetime heart of Los Angeles’s Mexican, Mexican-American and immigrant communities—and the street LA Plaza sits on today. Featuring vignettes based on real and imagined businesses and gathering places of the time, the exhibition offers young visitors hands-on, multisensory experiences of daily life during the 1920s, encouraging them to make meaningful connections between the present and the past.
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes
LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes—LA Plaza—is an institution of stories that makes known the role of Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and all Latinos in shaping the past, present, and future of Los Angeles. They share these stories through permanent and changing exhibits, educational initiatives, and a diverse range of public programming.
John Echeveste | CEO
OPEN HOURS:
- Mon, Wed, Thu & Fri: 12–5 pm
- Sat–Sun: 10 am–5 pm
- Tue: Closed
501 North Main Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012