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Chinese American Museum of Chicago

Category: Research Before 1900

Historical Record of Chinese Americans | Honor & Duty: Chinese Servicemen in the American Civil War

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1899: Chinese Mason Meeting in Chicago and Another in Wisconsin Aug 28 1899

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1890: The Rapid Rise of Chinese Laundries

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This cartoon, by E.W. Kemble, appeared in Century Magazine in 1890 (vol. 40, no. 1, p. 480). It is interesting… Read more 1890: The Rapid Rise of Chinese Laundries

1889: The Clark Street Chinatown Reaches Maturity

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First settled by Chinese in the mid-1870s, the area on Clark between Van Buren and Harrison had matured into a… Read more 1889: The Clark Street Chinatown Reaches Maturity

1883: Emma Lazarus Writes a Poem

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Lazarus, a New York Jew, had little or no contact with China or Chinese. And yet a famous poem she… Read more 1883: Emma Lazarus Writes a Poem

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CAMOC is governed by the Board of Directors of the Chinatown Museum Foundation (CMF), a 501(C)(3) non-profit corporation located in Chicago, Illinois.

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238 West 23rd Street
Chicago, IL 60616
Phone: 312-949-1000 Fax: 312-949-1001
office@ccamuseum.org
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Tue: Closed
Wed: 9:30AM-2PM
Thu: Closed
Fri: 9:30AM-2PM
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Group visits by appointment only.

Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day

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CAMOC is open on Wednesday and Friday from 9:30am to 2pm and Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 4pm. Group visits by appointment only. Visitors are required to wear a mask at all times while inside the Museum.

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