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“Visit, reflect and share”
Symbolically housed in the oldest and last surviving structure of Los Angeles’ original Chinatown, the 7,200 square foot Chinese American Museum (CAM) embodies both a cultural and physical link to the past and a promising point of entry for the city’s multicultural future. Opened on December 18, 2003 after 20 years of dedicated community and civic leadership and support, CAM’s presence at El Pueblo de Historical Monument– a 44-acre public park honored as the city’s “birthplace” as well as the site of original Chinatown– heralds a rebirth of an important city architecture and reflects the vibrant development of an immigrant history that began over 150 years ago in America, specifically when the first major Chinese settlement was documented in Los Angeles in the 1860s. As a visual symbol of new and emerging traditions, CAM is proud to serve as an active-learning institution dedicated to researching, preserving and sharing the stories, experiences and contributions of Chinese Americans in the United States through quality exhibitions, programs, events, publications and workshops.
This is a tiny museum so it's better to time your visit with one of their special exhibitions. It's one main room of regular exhibits and a secondary room that is only open for temporary exhibits.... Read more
I came today with my family and was so impressed with the amount of history and information. I stayed for some time reading screen after screen, all while listening to the gentleman who worked... Read more
On Saturday the 28th of May my son grandson and I decided to take a train ride up to LA for a few hours. We came across this unpretentious very old Italian American Museum on a side street... Read more
Italian American Museum Of Los Angeles
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