Dia de los Muertos - NMAI (New York)

Saturday, October 28, 2017. Enjoy a fun-filled day for the entire family at the annual celebration of El día de los muertos, or the Day of the Dead. Admission is free!

Traditional dances honoring ancestors willl be performed by Cetiliztli Nauhcampa around the community ofrenda, or altar. Hands-on activities include papel picado (David Amoroso), embellishing paper skull masks, decorating skeleton puppets, creating paper flowers, and painting plaster skulls.

The National Museum of the American Indian–New York, the George Gustav Heye Center, is located within the historic Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House. The museum’s permanent and temporary exhibitions—as well as a range of public programs, including music and dance performances, films, and symposia—explore the diversity of the Native people of the Americas.