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Museum focuses on immigrants

The exhibition, Chinese American: Exclusion/Inclusion will feature more than 200 pieces of artwork, photographs, and other historical documents that trace the long history of Chinese integration into American society. It chronicles their immigration, the lives they made in the US and the families and communities they eventually built.
Outcomes: 
Marci Reaven, vice-president for historical exhibitions at the society, said the exhibit "is important because that part of American history often gets overlooked."
Government?: 
No
Type of Exchange: 
culture
Sponsor(s): 
New York-Historical Society
Exchange Date: 
Tuesday, September 30, 2014 to Sunday, May 31, 2015
Continuing: 
No
Location: 
New York
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