This poster commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña and promotes the Museo del Indio de Puerto Rico in Old San Juan. The museum occupied the historic Casa de los Dos Zaguanes, located at the corner of Calle San José and Calle Luna, a notable 18th-century colonial building later known as the Corralón de San José. The Archivo General de Puerto Rico confirms that this structure served for a period as the headquarters of the ICP’s Museo del Indio. The poster’s central Indigenous figure and bold, almost archaeological color treatment reflect the ICP’s longstanding effort to collect, interpret, and present Puerto Rico’s pre-Columbian past as a fundamental component of the island’s cultural history. As a graphic artifact, it also reflects the strong relationship between museum programming and poster design that became a defining feature of Puerto Rican cultural institutions during the second half of the 20th century.
This poster commemorates the 35th anniversary of the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña and promotes the Museo del Indio de Puerto Rico in Old San Juan. The museum occupied the historic Casa de los Dos Zaguanes, located at the corner of Calle San José and Calle Luna, a notable 18th-century colonial building later known as the Corralón de San José. The Archivo General de Puerto Rico confirms that this structure served for a period as the headquarters of the ICP’s Museo del Indio. The poster’s central Indigenous figure and bold, almost archaeological color treatment reflect the ICP’s longstanding effort to collect, interpret, and present Puerto Rico’s pre-Columbian past as a fundamental component of the island’s cultural history. As a graphic artifact, it also reflects the strong relationship between museum programming and poster design that became a defining feature of Puerto Rican cultural institutions during the second half of the 20th century.