The Chinese American Museum’s (CAM) School-Based Education Program works to creatively and critically engage students with Chinese American experience, history, and culture while simultaneously encouraging them to explore their own. Students will learn about Chinese American immigration and labor history, geographic neighborhood development in Los Angeles, and family and community through Museum exhibits and hands-on workshops. CAM is the first Museum in Southern California dedicated to preserving and sharing the heritage and legacy of Chinese Americans. As such, the Museum strives to bring recognition to the over 150-year history of Chinese in the United States and Greater Los Angeles, as an integral part of the many diverse histories that make up the fabric of America.

• Guided Museum Class Tours
• Self-Guided Museum Class Tours
• Student Workshops
• Museum Policies

Guided Museum Class Tours:

Museum staff and/or docents will guide students through exhibits providing them with the opportunity to physically engage with Chinese American history and practices.

Scheduling: Tours are available Tuesday-Friday at 10:00am, 11:00am, and 12:00pm, and must be booked at least three weeks in advance.

Duration: 35 minutes

Capacity: up to 30 students per tour with at least one accompanying adult for every eight students

Fee: Free

It is highly recommended that classes who wish to have additional time in the Museum after their guided tour, also schedule this at the time they book their tour.

Tours may have to be cancelled if classes are more than fifteen minutes late.

Self-Guided Museum Class Tours:

Due to Museum capacity, it is highly recommended that classes of ten or more people have an advance reservation to tour the Museum.

Scheduling: Museum hours are Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00am-3:00pm, self-guided class tours can be scheduled whenever there is an opening during these hours.

Fee: Free

Student Workshops:

CAM will periodically offer on-site workshops where staff and/or Museum volunteers will lead students through hands-on activities that creatively engage them with Chinese American history and culture. Student workshops are only available to classes who will be going on a guided tour of the Museum.

Schedule: There is no set schedule for student workshops, but the dates will be posted well in advance. Workshops should be scheduled to correspond with guided tours and must be booked at least three weeks in advance.

Duration: 30 minutes

Capacity: up to 30 students per workshop with at least one accompanying adult for every eight students.

Fee: Fees will vary with each workshop (from free to a minimal cost for materials) and will be posted as workshops are announced.

General Museum Policies:

• No food (including gum and bag lunches) or drink is allowed inside the Museum.
• Videotaping and photography are not permitted inside the Museum unless Museum staff has given explicit permission to do so.
• An adult must accompany students at all times while in the Museum, with at least one adult per every eight students.

Please Note:
CAM does not have the capacity to check bags. Since the Museum has limited space, please leave unneeded belongings in your school bus to facilitate easy movement while touring the Museum.

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