by justin | Oct 3, 2018 | Exhibits, Fight Exclusion, Traveling Exhibits
Women have played a vital role in the course of human civilization, but much of their accomplishments and contributions have been excluded from history. Throughout California’s history, Chinese American women have contributed to the economy of our state....
by justin | Oct 20, 2017 | Exhibits, Traveling Exhibits
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...
by justin | May 27, 2016 | Exhibits, Traveling Exhibits
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...
by justin | Jun 29, 2015 | Transcontinental 150, Traveling Exhibits
The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building the Transcontinental is a new portable exhibit providing a historical overview of the Chinese railroad workers who were instrumental in building the United States’ first Transcontinental Railroad. Utilizing graphic panels, the...
by justin | Apr 10, 2013 | Exhibits, Online Exhibits, Traveling Exhibits
Chinatown was a bustling neighborhood with many businesses, temples, and associations. When the 1906 Earthquake hit the city, it destroyed large parts of the city. Fires caused by the troops completely decimated Chinatown, leaving the neighborhood in ashes and its...
by justin | Nov 4, 2010 | Exhibits, Online Exhibits, Past Exhibits, Traveling Exhibits
For half a century, San Francisco has been captivated by the grace, glamour, and exuberance of the Miss Chinatown pageant. In the pageant tradition, contestants, family, and friends serve as ambassadors of Chinese American heritage and culture, drawing attention to...
by justin | Jun 7, 2010 | Exhibits, Past Exhibits, Traveling Exhibits
Detained at Liberty’s Door traces the formation of the Angel Island Immigration Station and highlights the inspiring story of Mrs. Lee Yoke Suey, the wife of a native-born citizen who was detained for more than 15 months on Angel Island. Only an association with...
by justin | May 18, 2010 | Traveling Exhibits
The striking architecture of Chinatown is explored from its beginnings in the mid-19th century, through the rebuilding following the Great Earthquake & Fire of 1906, to its presence as one of the country’s most vibrant and enduring neighborhoods. Featuring...
by justin | Oct 8, 2007 | Fight Exclusion, Traveling Exhibits
In 1882 Congress passed the nation’s first major immigration legislation — a law to prevent people of Chinese descent from entering the United States. The law would tear apart families, cut the nation’s Chinese American population in half, and remove the...
