Chinese American Museum, Chinatown, LA

[Anonymous]

This sounds interesting, especially after reading several of Lisa See's books.

[Anonymous]

I started to see that there is a big difference between Chinese who moved here and Chinese who were born here in the US. We see ourselves very differently. Adeline Yen Mah's book would give you a total different sense from Lisa See.

[Anonymous]

Does the museum discuss or have anything information regarding the camps that all Japanese people had to go? I remember years ago friends of my Dad sitting around and discussing it. I also remember meeting an Asian girl in my first year of college, that was very racist towards white Americans. That in itself opened my eyes up to how other nationalities in America thought of America as a whole. I love discussing with all nationalities what they think about America on a very personal level.

[Rob_Hugo@PortNW]

[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif] Chinese American Museum is located in old Chinatown, today's Olvera street. 425 N. Los Angeles Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(The cross street is Arcadia)

Here is the website,

http://www.camla.org/

Here are the hours,

CAM is opened:
Tuesday – Sunday, 10am – 3pm.
Closed on Mondays and the following holidays:
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day.

It is a two story small private museum focused on the history of Chinese American. (Chinese born here in the US or Chinese who moved here in the US.) There is a suggested admission, $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and students. Yet they provide free workshop for K-12 students for free. Here is the information.

http://www.camla.org/guidedtours.html

http://www.camla.org/workshops.html

There is a lantern making workshop offered to all levels of students, up to 30 people.

It is easy to get to this museum on public transportation. If the whole class take Metro Gold Line and get off at Union Station. This museum is across street from Union Station and walking distance to today's Chinatown.

Again, this museum focus more on the history of Chinese American. The business and hardship early immigrants went through. It is not a museum focused on Chinese arts. I would take students to this museum after studying the immigration waves in America.

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edited by qhuang on 1/6/2012

[Anonymous]

No that one That happened in China to Chinese who lived in China, not American Chinese living here in the US. But I am sure there are museums in mainland China that deals with this theme. Yes, but the way, that part of the history is on Mainland China history book.

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