Brooklyn Museum

Museum Site and Directions

Converging Cultures: Latin America 1520-1830

This audio tour through the Brooklyn Museum’s collections of Andean textiles, ceramics, furniture, and paintings from the pre-Hispanic and colonial periods focuses on the effects of the Spanish conquest on indigenous societies, with attention to patterns of cultural syncretism.  Reflecting broad developments in Latin American scholarship, the tour approaches the cultural interactions of Andean colonial [...]