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My Chinatown: Stories from Within––Now Open!

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Thanks to a generous grant from the Chicago Community Trust, the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago is collaborating with the Chicago History Museum to bring its wonderful object theater and 16-minute video My Chinatown to the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago! Hear the stories of the people of Chinatown––their journeys, their customs, their work, their families––from within Chinatown's borders.

CAMOC is adding a special feature to the exhibit: a look at family associations in Chinatown. As an outgrowth of the Chicago Chinatown Centennial Exhibit, we will be highlighting, on a rotating basis, the histories and artifacts of various family associations, including the Lees, the Wongs, and more.

My Chinatown: Stories from Within is now open in the second floor gallery.

< Hear the people of Chinatown tell their own stories, right in the heart of their neighborhood >

MAPPING exhibit by SAIC students at CAMOC

The Chinese-American Museum of Chicago - Raymond B. & Jean T. Lee Center, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), and the Chinatown Centennial Committee are proud to present MAPPING--An exhibit of works by SAIC students that explore Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood and its importance within the Chinese and Chicagoland communities.

Now through May.

Great Wall to the Great Lakes: Chinese Immigration to the Midwest

Temporarily closing February 12, 2012. Will reopen April 21.

Great Wall to the Great Lakes

For centuries Chinese have been traveling from China to various parts of the world. This exhibition features the history of Chinese immigrants to the United States, exclusion laws enforced upon the Chinese, reasons they moved to other parts of the U.S., and the different groups of Chinese who came in the last century including the adopted children from China. Mini replicas of a Chinese restaurant, grocery store and hand laundry will highlight the livelihoods of early Chinese immigrants. Many artifacts/objects/interviews showcased will depict the lives of the Chinese immigrants and Chinese Americans in the Midwest.

Chinatown Centennial 2012 Exhibit - Now through 2012

Now open!

The Chinese-American Museum of Chicago celebrates 100 years of Chicago's Chinatown. A photographic retrospective, this exhibit includes images from all facets of the Chinatown experience over the decades: businesses, families, landmarks, schools, and more. See how one of the country's most vibrant Chinatowns has developed and maintained its importance to Chinese immigrants, their descendants, and the Chicago community as a whole.

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