Museo Alameda

This museum opened in downtown’s Market Square in 2007, but had yet to find its financial footing at time of research so, well, call before you go. But do go if you can. Despite San Antonio’s predominantly Hispanic population, this is the city’s first art museum to showcase Mexican art and culture, as well as the largest Hispanic museum in the US. It’s also the first official affiliate of the Smithsonian Museum outside of Washington, DC, which means the Museo gets to draw on the Smithsonian’s extensive collections for its rotating displays. Plus, the building is just crazy-cool: the surprisingly modern exterior (no adobe here) has hot-pink walls accented with metal panels that resemble a tin luminaria.