- When
- Sun, October 12 - Sun, November 16 2025
- Where
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California Museum
1020 O Street - Time
- 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
- Admission
- $8-10
Description
A journey through life, love and death, “Recuerdos Ilustrados: Día de los Muertos 2025” (Illustrated Memories: Day of the Dead 2025) will be on view through Nov. 16, 2025.
Oct. 11 – Nov. 16, 2025
The California Museum’s annual Día de los Muertos exhibit explores the Mexican cultural tradition of honoring deceased loved ones each year on November 1 and 2 by creating calaveras de azúcar (sugar skulls), altares de muertos (altars of the dead) and ofrendas (offerings), which has evolved from the Aztecs to modern day Mexico and California. This year’s exhibit features the work of printmaking artists Álvaro D. Márquez, Stephanie Mercado, and Daniel Villa, whose altars will be centered around the topic of immigration.
Members of the public are invited to participate by honoring friends and family members who have passed, with a remembrance in the exhibit’s accompanying Community Altar. Optional templates can be downloaded ahead of time at CaliforniaMuseum.org/Recuerdos-Ilustrados or created on site using materials at the Museum’s craft station. Photocopies of photos are encouraged; any items left on the altar will not be returned.
The California Museum—home of the California Hall of Fame—engages, educates and enlightens people about California’s rich history, its diversity and its unique influence on the world of ideas, innovation, art and culture. Through interactive experiences, the Museum inspires visitors to make a mark on history.
The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm and Sunday from 12 pm to 5 pm.
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