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EDINBURG, Texas — One of the central aspects of the yearly Día de los Muertos celebration at the Museum of South Texas History is the Community Altar Exhibit. However, due to Covid-19, the community is invited to participate in the new Digital Altar Exhibit. To learn more about this digital platform, the museum will publish “Accessing Digital Altar Exhibit,” an instructional video, at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, on the museum’s Facebook page.
In previous years, the museum’s Courtyard Gallery presentation room transformed into a place where families and friends built altars to honor loved ones passed, celebrated their lives, and shared memories. With the current social distancing reality, museum staff worked diligently to create the Digital Altar Exhibit, in which community members can remember a loved one using digital media.
The video will provide step-by-step instructions on how to submit an honoree through the Digital Altar Exhibit submission form and where the information will be published. The video will also be available on the museum’s website after its publication.
If you have any questions, please contact Programs and Events Officer René Ballesteros, at rballesteros@mosthistory.org.
About Museum of South Texas History
The Museum of South Texas History is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. It is located downtown Edinburg at 200 North Closner Boulevard on the Hidalgo County Courthouse square. Founded in 1967 as the Hidalgo County Historical Museum in the 1910 Hidalgo County Jail, the museum has grown over the decades through a series of expansions to occupy a full city block. In 2003, following the completion of a 22,500 square foot expansion, the museum was renamed the Museum of South Texas History to better reflect its regional scope. Today, the museum preserves and presents the borderland heritage of South Texas and Northeastern Mexico through its permanent collection and the Margaret H. McAllen Memorial Archives and exhibits spanning prehistory through the 20th century. For more information about MOSTHistory, including becoming a FRIEND, visit MOSTHistory.org, like us on Facebook and Instagram, follow on Twitter, find on YouTube or call +1-956-383-6911.
