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Ascending the building's exterior stairway the visitor first enters the completely refurbished wet gallery, housing religious and secular paintings, sculpture, and furniture from the Spanish Colonial era.

Two lighted cases, the one in the foreground holding one of the textile cases, artifacts coming mostly from Peru.

Small urn in born clay on very tall, slender, tapering, out-curved slit rattle-legs, crowned by x-winged birds grasping long snakes. Very thin and delicate.

A room displayed of various religious artifacts from across Latin America

Religious artifacts from a Latin American country

Another example of the convergence of culture as a consequence of Spanish Colonialism with pre-Columbian art, the art displayed in the case mimics an exhibit space in the pre-Columbian portion of the exhibit, showing textiles, ceramics, and sculpture

A portion of the Latin American Art exhibit, this portion showcased Popular Art that could be found in contemporary Latin America. See how the pre-Columbian motifs morphed after Spanish Colonialism, especially with regard to religious items.

The grand auditorium in the Pan American Union building constructed in our nation's capitol shows the proliferation of Pan Americanism into the highest veins of our society, that eventually would come trickling down to St. Augustine