The museum anticipates more than 400,000 people to visit yearly.
Before entering the museum there can be seen the first exhibit. It is a large aluminum plate wall designed to look like a luminaria.
When the museum first opened it featured 26 foot mural called ´´Somos´´. It also included pre-Columbian vessels, an emerald ring belonging to a former mexican emperor, and a pearl and gem necklace made by Paloma Picasso.
As of 2008, the museum will have an exhibit examining african contributions to mexican