We Are Bruce Lee: Under the Sky, One Family -Archive

The groundbreaking exhibition We Are Bruce Lee: Under the Sky, One Family represents the long-awaited homecoming of San Francisco Chinatown’s native son, a legendary figure who was born in Chinatown’s own Chinese Hospital in 1940. This multimedia collaboration between...

Chinese in the Richmond

A collaboration between the Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) and Western Neighborhoods Project (WNP), Chinese in the Richmond illuminates the lives of Chinese Americans in San Francisco’s Richmond District from the community’s point of view.  Located in...
Living with Dignity—Thriving in Community

Living with Dignity—Thriving in Community

On View at CHSA, Lower Level: 965 Clay Street, San Francisco Opens February 24, 2018 YWCA San Francisco+Marin’s new photography exhibit Living with Dignity—Thriving In Community is on view now at CHSA. This moving exhibit features vivid portraits of YWCA...

Chinese in the Sunset

The Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA) proudly launches Chinese in the Sunset, a project about the lives of Chinese Americans in San Francisco’s Outer Sunset District. Chinese in the Sunset illuminates the history of racial restrictions preventing Chinese...

Called to Rise: Chinese Americans in CBI

An exhibit exploring Chinese American participation in the China Burma India (CBI) Theater and other military units of World War II   When the United States entered World War II after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, China had already been...

BLANK BOY CANVAS // art exhibit

BLANK BOY CANVAS // art exhibit SAN FRANCISCO // CALIFORNIA May 19th – June 4th, 2016 @ The Chinese Historical Society of America Museum 965 Clay Street // San Francisco, CA 94108 OPENING RECEPTION // FRIDAY MAY 20TH // CHSA // 5-7PM FREE YOUTH WORKSHOPS // FRIDAY...

The Chinese Helped Build the Railroad

Left: Alfred A. Hart (1816–1908), Heading of East Portal, Tunnel No. 8, from Donner Lake Railroad, Western Summit, c. 1865–1869. Right: Li Ju (b. 1959), Heading of East Portal, Tunnel No. 8, from Donner Lake Railroad, Western Summit (Hart photo #204), September 26,...