Tour 2: Chinese Historical Society of America Museum Tour

Friday, January 5, 2024: 12:30 PM-4:30 PM
Lobby, near the Taylor Street exit (Hilton Union Square)
Tour Leader: James Zarsadiaz, University of San Francisco, and staff of the museum Participants will walk up Powell Street to 965 Clay Street. Once a Young Women’s Christian Association residence designed by Julia Morgan, the building now houses the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum. A docent will lead participants in a private tour of the museum, which explores the ways that San Francisco’s Chinese Americans and Asian Americans have fought for equity, diversity, and inclusion in American society. The current rotating exhibit, “We Are Bruce Lee,” focuses on the career and cultural impact of the film star and martial artist. The group will walk back along Grant Avenue, with a chance to stop at Eastern Bakery, a Chinese bakery founded in 1924. Please note: The approximately one mile walk to and from the museum includes steep hills. The museum is ADA compliant. Alternate transportation for people with disabilities is available on request. Limit 20 people. $35 members, $40 nonmembers

Session Abstract

Tour Leader: James Zarsadiaz, University of San Francisco, and museum staff

Participants will walk up Powell Street to 965 Clay Street. Once a Young Women’s Christian Association residence designed by Julia Morgan, the building now houses the Chinese Historical Society of America Museum. A docent will lead participants in a private tour of the museum, which explores the ways that San Francisco’s Chinese Americans and Asian Americans have fought for equity, diversity, and inclusion in American society. The current rotating exhibit, We Are Bruce Lee, focuses on the career and cultural impact of the film star and martial artist. The group will walk back along Grant Avenue, with a stop at Eastern Bakery, a Chinese bakery founded in 1924.

Please note: The approximately one mile walk to and from the museum includes steep hills. The museum is ADA compliant. Alternate transportation for people with disabilities is available on request.

Limit 20 people. $35 members, $40 nonmembers

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