Chinese American Museum

205 reviews

425 N Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

www.camla.org

+12134858567

About

Chinese American Museum is a Museum located at 425 N Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90012. It has received 205 reviews with an average rating of 4.6 stars.

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Hours

Monday10AM-3PM
Tuesday10AM-3PM
Wednesday10AM-3PM
Thursday10AM-3PM
FridayClosed
Saturday10AM-3PM
Sunday10AM-3PM

F.A.Q

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  • The address of Chinese American Museum: 425 N Los Angeles St, Los Angeles, CA 90012

  • Chinese American Museum has 4.6 stars from 205 reviews

  • Museum

  • "Interesting museum but kind of small"

    "Small but free museum"

    "Really interesting museum which a great content about Chinese-American history and the development in the United States"

    "Overall, really good small museum illustrating the fascinating history of Chinese-Americans in the Los Angeles area"

    "Wonderful free museum detailing the history of Chinese Americans in the US and in LA"

Reviews

  • Manny Marquez

Interesting museum but kind of small. I enjoy visiting this museum, loving Chinese culture and the history of China. I came from Las Vegas, Nevada for a vacation, and I wonder if my home city has a museum of the Chinese moving to Las Vegas. In LA, they have all sorts of history of the Chinese people. I love it. More

  • Jeff Tong

Small but free museum. Excellent place to visit to learn about the history of Chinese Americans. It was quite creative to represent the population levels with grains of rice. Surprising to see that there were famous Chinese actors many years ago More

  • Rodrigo M. Romo

Really interesting museum which a great content about Chinese-American history and the development in the United States. It is a great place to see more about origins and development of Los Angeles and how important has been immigration in

  • Scott Dombrowski

Overall, really good small museum illustrating the fascinating history of Chinese-Americans in the Los Angeles area. It’s great that they also include contemporary content well into the 2000s. Great for a novice. As someone who had some

  • James Z

Wonderful free museum detailing the history of Chinese Americans in the US and in LA. Lots of interactive displays, documents, and stories to help you understand how the early Chinese settled here. They have 3 floors with the top floor

  • Gary Standke

Free. Great 3 story museum just south of the Firehouse museum in the Garnier building. Goes through the immigration of workers from China to California and the subsequent laws placed to prevent further immigration and deny them rights.

  • Doniese Watashe

The museum opened my eyes to a part of history that I really didn’t know much about honestly. And the way they presented it made me wanting to turn each corner to see what else they had in store for me to learn.

  • Nash Holcomb

A humble but essential (and free!) museum dedicated to the history, legacy and accomplishments of Chinese Americans, focusing largely on the history of Los Angeles Chinatown. Definitely worth a visit

  • Liseli P.

Really nice museum. A little small but it's perfect to manage in a hour with kids. There is a room that has an optical illusion- you're supposed to go in on your

  • Town Traveller

Free museum. Interesting history about Chinese Americans in Los Angeles. How they struggle and succeed to achieve the American Dream. More

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