Friday, March 05, 2010

Museum of Chinese in America Explores the Immigrant Life

Read this whole interview and learn the Chinese immigrant history in New York City and then visit this interesting new museum. - - Donna Poisl

Exhibits in New York show history and culture of Chinese-American communities.

from VOA Learning English

BOB DOUGHTY: I’m Bob Doughty.

FAITH LAPIDUS: And I’m Faith Lapidus with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. Today we go to New York City to visit the Museum of Chinese in America. Last year, MOCA reopened in a new and much larger building in the city’s Chinatown neighborhood.
The museum’s exhibits teach visitors about the art, culture and history of Chinese-Americans. MOCA says its aim is to show both the many layers of their experience and America’s development as a nation of immigrants.
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