Mural on an exterior wall of the Mexican Heritage Plaza

The Mexican Heritage Plaza is a museum and cultural center in San Jose, California, USA that opened in 1999. It is operated by the Mexican Heritage Corp., which has sponsored the International Mariachi Festival and Conference every summer since 1992 A museum is a non-profit making, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education and enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ... City nickname: Capital of Silicon Valley County Santa Clara County, California Area  - Total  - Water 461. ... The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America, the States, or (archaically) Columbia—is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ... 1999 is a common year starting on Friday of the Common Era, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In addition to the La Galeria Museum, the plaza includes a 500-seat theater, gardens, classrooms, and meeting spaces. For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed... A garden is a planned space, usually outdoors, set aside for the display, cultivation and enjoyment of nature. ...

External links

• Online video tour of Mexican Heritage Plaza (http://www.ispot.com/immerse/projects/mhp/) (scrolling the image may not work on all browsers)