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Doors to open Saturday for Mexican American Cultural Center – here’s a sneak peek [1]
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Date: 2025-03-19
The final bustling of workers hanging pieces of art while others clean, dust and wipe away traces of years of work continues this week at the city’s Mexican American Cultural Center. The work will culminate Saturday with the grand opening of the last signature project of the city’s 2012 quality of life bond.
“This was a project that was initially approved by 2012 voters in the quality of life bond election,” said Ben Fyffe, managing director of El Paso’s Museums and Cultural Affairs Department. “And since then, it has been 13 years of planning, dreaming, listening, advocating – sometimes fighting – to be able to get to this point and to be able to create a center that we hope really meets the expectations of everyone who has provided input and ideas over the last 13 years.”
Staff are placing final touches this week ahead of the long-awaited opening of the center at 201 W. Franklin Ave.
Read More When will the Mexican American Cultural Center in Downtown El Paso open? The Mexican American Cultural Center, the last signature project of the 2012 quality of life bond program, has yet to open. City officials say they’re “rounding the last corner.”
The cultural center’s opening will kick off with a celebration from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 22. A ribbon cutting will take place at 11 a.m.
The celebration will have a variety of activities such as guided tours, food trucks and two new art exhibits as well as hands-on activities.
The event will also mark the renovations of the neighboring Cleveland Square Park.
The MACC, a $15 million facility that was initially allocated about $5.75 million, is located in the state-designated Downtown Arts District, and is a three-story, 41,000-square-foot cultural center constructed as part of the Main Library. The El Paso Museum of History also is located next to Cleveland Square Park in the arts district.
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