Walter Mercado hosted a private opening reception on Thursday, Aug. 1 at HIstoryMiami Museum along with Artes Miami. "Mucho, Mucho Amor," which features Mercado's costumes, mementors and ephemera through the decades, including 12 of his famous capes, is on exhibition at HistoryMiami through Aug. 25 at the museum, 101 West Flager St., Miami.