Central to MOCA is the permanent exhibition With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America. It explores the historical and political context of Chinese immigration and reveals the personal stories of multiple generations, celebrating the impact of Chinese Americans on US life, culture and pol...
this museum was just the right size with interesting exhibits and including artifacts, life stories of Chinese Americans and their contributions to our country. Will take about 1.5+ hours if you read most of the exhibits.. We went on a Sunday morning and only 4 other v...
Through an exploration of a selection of primary and secondary sources about two Chinese Americans -- Kenneth Ang and Hazel Ying Lee -- students will learn about the impact of race and gender discrimination in the past and be guided to make contemporary connections. In particular, students will...
On the fringes of NYC's Chinatown, this medium-sized, intimate museum is housed in a modern, Maya Lin-designed space on Centre Street. What will we find in the permanent collection?The collection here documents the history of Chinese Americans, from the 19th century to the present, and ...
the museum has been committed to collecting, preserving, researching and displaying the history and culture of Chinese Americans. It has also told and recorded the stories and experiences of Chinese in the US and spread traditional Chinese culture. Meanwhile, it has promoted the exchanges of history...
Titled "Interior Lives: Photographs of Chinese Americans in the 1980s," it is the largest exhibition of acclaimed U.S. photographer Bud Glick's work documenting New York City's Chinatown in the 1980s, according to MOCA. For three years beginning in 1981, Bud Glick was commissioned by MOCA...
NEW YORK, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The New York-based Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) launched an initiative on Saturday to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in the United States, to which the earliest Chinese immigrants have made great contrib...
Philip Qiu, the founder of the Chinese American Museum in Washington, said that the museum was established for the purpose of promoting Chinese culture. “By organizing cultural activities and exhibitions, we present profound Chinese culture to visitors, " he said.Therefore, he founded the museum ...
improve people's understanding of Chinese-American culture.Over the past few years,the museum (4) (commit) to collecting,preserving,researching and displaying the history and culture of Chinese Americans.It ...
Chinese-Americans, past and present; Tales of Chinese-Americans ; Museum explores struggles and triumphs of their communitiesEDWARD ROTHSTEIN