A devastating fire destroyed up to 85,000 artifacts at New York's Museum of Chinese in America
New York A devastating fire Thursday night destroyed up to 85,000 artifacts at New York's Museum of Chinese in America, a repository of significant cultural materials documenting Chinese life in America.
"It was like how I felt when someone passed away," museum president Nancy Yao Maasbach said of her first thoughts upon hearing of the fire at the museum in Chinatown.Maasbach, who has served as the museum's president for the past five years, said it's"painful" that people lost items they thought the museum would house safely. At least 200 New York City firefighters battled the raging blaze at the building in the city's Chinatown area Thursday night.
— Museum of Chinese in America January 25, 2020 The museum, founded in 1980, housed the museum's Collections & Research Center. The center had a wide array of artifacts, including textiles, documents, photos, memorabilia, oral histories, letters, family albums, legal documents from boat passage and collections of major Chinese American history professors. Most of the 85,000 items are deemed destroyed while about 35,000 were digitized and safely stored on a backup server, Maasbach said.
70 Mulberry and the community groups housed here have been a cornerstone to Chinatown. It provides workforce development, cultural programs and a senior center. We will work to make sure vital services aren't lost. https://t.co/LmnSETHemN — Margaret S. Chin January 24, 2020 New York City Councilwoman Margaret Chin wrote in a Twitter post:"I attended school when I got here in 1963. It was PS23. 70 Mulberry and the community groups housed here have been a cornerstone to Chinatown. It provides workforce development, cultural programs and a senior center. We will work to make sure vital services aren't lost."The lunar new year begins Saturday.
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