The Museum of Chinese in America's workshop space in Lower Manhattan is brimming with artifacts that were very nearly lost to history.
Many of the artifacts have already been carefully cataloged and stored. Archival boxes containing issues of"The China Daily News" and"The China Press" -- Chinese language newspapers published in the US -- are neatly stacked on shelves upstairs. On the ground floor, a green velvet dress with butterflies at the collar and cuff is among the labeled garments hanging on padded hangers.
Some had lost loved ones to the Covid-19 pandemic, or other causes, and were left with troves of family heirlooms that they didn't have a specific use for, said Yao. Many were from The museum's some 85,000 artifacts documenting Chinese life in the US are now housed in the MOCA Workshop.As the museum's collections have expanded, so too have its ambitions.
Karlin Chan, a community activist and advocate who has lived in Chinatown for more than 60 years, said he feels the museum has been scapegoated for decisions made by city officials and local politicians. Even as the museum comes under fire, Yao sees its work as critical in the current political climate. Asian Americans have experienced an onslaught of xenophobic attacks in recent years that has not yet abated. As the nation's largest archive of Chinese American history, MOCA occupies a unique position that can show such attacks aren't new -- as"Responses: Asian American Voices Resisting the Tides of Racism.
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