9/22/09-9/26/09 Museum of Chinese in America Grand Opening Week

The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) will open its new location at 215 Centre Street on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 with a series of events designed to highlight the Museum’s role as the leading museum dedicated to preserving and presenting the history and culture of people of Chinese descent in the United States. Also on September 22, the Museum will unveil its core exhibition, “With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America,” a history of the Chinese American experience, along with an art exhibition, “Here & Now: Chinese Artists in New York,” featuring contemporary artists of Chinese descent living in New York.

“From its community-based roots, MOCA’s new home marks its emergence as a national institution,” said Jonathan Ligh, M.D., Chair of MOCA’s Board of Trustees. “Our institutional capacity will increase six-fold and allow us to house a range of exhibitions and programs to facilitate a deeper and broader dialogue about Chinese American history, identity, and culture.”

 “The Museum of Chinese in America was established nearly 30 years ago by two Chinese Americans, co-founders Charles Lai and John Kuo Wei Tchen, who knew it was important to document and preserve the history of our Chinese American heritage and experience,” said Museum Director S. Alice Mong. “Our new location will allow the Museum to look at that experience through many different lenses and bring 160 years of our history to vivid life through innovative art and history exhibitions, films, panels, and educational and cultural programs. We’re thankful to our Board of Trustees, to the City and State of New York and to our wonderful donors and foundation and corporate supporters for helping make this possible.”

MOCA will have special hours during its free opening week (five free days):
Tues, 9/22: 1:30pm–4pm (last entry at 3:30pm)

Wed, 9/23: 11am–5pm (last entry at 4:30pm)

Thurs, 9/24: 11am–5pm (last entry at 4:30pm)

Fri, 9/25: 11am–5pm (last entry at 4:30pm)

Sat, 9/26: 10am–5pm (last entry at 4:30pm)

Beginning Sunday, 9/27/09, the Museum’s hours will be:
Mon: 11am–5pm
Tues & Wed: Closed
Thurs: 11am–9pm
Fri: 11am–5pm
Sat & Sun: 10am–5pm
 

Admission:
General Admission: $7
Seniors (w/ID) and Students (w/school ID): $4
Children under 12 in groups less than 8: free
Target Free Thursdays: Free gallery admission every Thursday through the generosity of Target

For more info about current exhibits and more about the museum:

http://www.mocanyc.org/about/news/museum_of_chinese_in_america_announces_grand_opening_september_22_2009