The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) is dedicated to preserving, illuminating, and celebrating the rich history and contributions of Chinese in America. By fostering understanding and greater recognition of our experiences, we endeavor to inspire and connect all Americans.

Special Exhibition Tour: 4-5 pm
Take an in-person guided tour of MOCA, featuring its special exhibition, “Magazine Fever: Gen X Asian American Periodicals,” which explores the vibrant surge of Asian American magazine publishing during the multicultural era, including A. Magazine, AsiAm, AsianWeek, Audrey, Giant Robot, Hyphen, Jade, KoreAm, Rice, Transpacific, Yolk, and others. In the 1990s, magazine publishing became a vital form of mass media, allowing Asian Americans to editorialize issues central to their lives and depict themselves in ways that were unimaginable before. “Magazine Fever” presents stories of Generation X magazines–how they were founded and sustained, how they captured the essence of multiculturalism and Generation X paradigms, and how they have shaped contemporary understandings of Asian American identity. The tour will conclude with a Q&A session with Herb Tam, Curator and Director of Exhibitions.

Research and Collections Center Tour: 5-6 pm
The Research and Collections Center is a publicly accessible research and oral history workspace. Take a behind-the-scenes tour of MOCA’s Collections and Research Center and partake in a Q&A with Yue Ma, Director of the Collections and Research Center. The Center is the home base for MOCA’s fire recovery and conservation work, featuring state-of-the-art collections storage, a reference library, an oral history booth, and digitization stations. On January 23, 2020, MOCA experienced a devastating five-alarm fire at its collections and archives site in the heart of Chinatown. Since October 2020, MOCA’s 85,000-object collection of Chinese American history and heritage have been safely relocated to the Center for ongoing and multi-pronged fire recovery and conservation efforts.

All main museum spaces are wheelchair accessible, but the research and collections center is only partially wheelchair accessible. The special exhibition features bilingual text in English and Chinese. Flash photography is prohibited. Only service animals allowed. No pets are permitted.

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