NMPRAC | THE RAICES GALA

Each year, the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture selects two individuals in the Puerto Rican Arts & Culture community to receive the prestigious Ceiba Award. The Annual Raices Gala helps to raise the necessary funds of the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture to continue the thrive as a cultural anchor in the City of Chicago. As the only self-standing Puerto Rican museum in the United States the mission of the museum is to collaborate with other institutions to harness the necessary resources in order to expand their programming, exhibits and visitor experience.