Chinese American Museum of Chicago
The Chinese American Museum of Chicago seeks to advance the appreciation of Chinese American culture through exhibitions, education, and research and to preserve the past, present, and future of Chinese Americans primarily in the American Midwest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: Musuem in Chicago, Illinois
- Also known as: “Chinese-American Museum of Chicago”
- Address: 238 West 23rd Street, Chicago, IL 60616
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Chess Records and Chicago Public Library Chinatown Branch.
Chess Records
Museum
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Chess Records was an American record company established in 1950 in Chicago, specializing in blues and rhythm and blues. It was the successor to Aristocrat Records, founded in 1947. Chess Records is situated 2,700 feet east of Chinese American Museum of Chicago.
Chicago Public Library Chinatown Branch
Library
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Chicago Public Library Chinatown Branch is situated 1,000 feet north of Chinese American Museum of Chicago.
Pui Tak Center
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The Pui Tak Center, formerly known as the On Leong Merchants Association Building, is a building located in Chicago's Chinatown. Designed by architects Christian S. Pui Tak Center is situated 540 feet northeast of Chinese American Museum of Chicago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bridgeport-Chinatown and Near South.
Bridgeport-Chinatown
Photo: Pattie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bridgeport-Chinatown is the South Side at its most dynamic, as the old South Side Irish neighborhood of the Daleys increasingly blends with the old Chinese immigrant community to the north.
Near South
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The Near South is the home of several of Chicago's main attractions: the splendid Museum Campus, with three world-class natural science museums on the lakefront; Soldier Field, home of the NFL's Chicago Bears; and McCormick Place, the city's massive convention center.
Armour Square
Suburb
Armour Square is a Chicago neighborhood on the city's South Side, as well as a larger, officially defined community area, which also includes Chinatown and the CHA Wentworth Gardens housing project.
Chinese American Museum of Chicago
- Categories: building, tourism, commercial building, and tourist attraction
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.8512° or 41° 51′ 4″ northLongitude
-87.63353° or 87° 38′ 1″ westLevels
4Open location code
86HJV928+FHOpenStreetMap ID
way 210537354OpenStreetMap feature
building=commercialOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q14687444
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In Other Languages
From Bavarian to German—“Chinese American Museum of Chicago” goes by many names.
- Bavarian: “Chinese American Museum of Chicago”
- French: “Chinese American Museum of Chicago”
- German: “Chinese American Museum of Chicago”
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Highlights include St. Therese Chinese Catholic Church and Chinese Community Center.
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