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6 Museums and Tours Where You Can Learn About Asian American History

From wing luke museum in seattle to a jeepney tour in l.a.’s historic filipinotown, here’s how to make the most out of apahm this year..

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These six tours and museums around the country offer a deep dive into Asian American history.

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In 1978, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill that designated the first 10 days of May to be Asian Pacific Heritage Week . In 1992, George H. W. Bush extended the celebration to be a month-long recognition of the influence and impact that Asian Americans had on U.S. history and culture—Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (APAHM) was born.

Asian American history is complex and multifaceted—there are, after all, 50 ethnic groups that speak 100 different languages that fall under the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) umbrella. For this APAHM, AFAR suggests six museums and tours that touch on the richness and diversity of the Asian American identity—read on to learn more.

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The Wing Luke Museum in Seattle is the only pan-Asian museum in the United States.

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Wing Luke Museum

Location: 719 S King St., Seattle

The Wing Luke Museum , located in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District, is the only Pan-Asian museum in the United States. It is named after Wing Chong Luke , a former Seattle City Council member and the first Asian American to hold a public position in the Pacific Northwest. Inside, visitors will find paintings, photographs, and textile pieces created by Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. In addition to their artistic and historical exhibits, the museum also holds programs and events and arranges tours of local Seattle neighborhoods. If you’d like an Asian American history–focused tour of Emerald City’s Japanese American community or Chinatown, the museum has a variety of guided walks to choose from. Tours start at $25.

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Angel Island Immigration Station was the main immigration hub of the West Coast from 1910 to 1940.

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Angel Island Immigration Museum

Location: Angel Island, Tiburon, California

Angel Island Immigration Station was the West Coast’s answer to Ellis Island. While the exact number is unknown, an estimated 1 million immigrants passed through Angel Island ’s doors, including 250,000 Chinese and 150,000 Japanese people. However, thanks to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, Angel Island limited the number of Asian immigrants allowed into the United States.

These days, Angel Island is managed by the California State Parks and is home to 740 acres with forested hiking trails and sandy beaches. Visitors can also tour the Angel Island Immigration Museum to learn about the hardships Asian Americans faced and view recreated living spaces and original poems written in the detention barracks. Tours start at $5 per person.

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The Mott Street Girls know their stuff when it comes to Manhattan’s Chinatown—their food tours are not to be missed.

NYC Chinatown Walking Tour with Mott Street Girls

Location: Manhattan, New York City

Manhattan’s Chinatown is the largest in the United States and is home to the highest concentration of Chinese people in the Western Hemisphere. One of the best ways to experience the hustle and bustle of Chinatown is with a Mott Street Girls walking tour.

Owned by Asian American NYC locals, they take visitors on an educational journey along the unofficial main street of Chinatown, Mott Street. Every weekend, the Mott Street Girls host a “Relive Life Under the Chinese Exclusion Act” tour to give visitors and locals a deeper understanding of the challenges Chinese people faced during the 1800s and how the ramifications of the law are still felt today. In addition to the history-focused walking tours, Mott Street Girls also has a “Flavors of Old Chinatown” tour, which focuses on all the delicious eats that the neighborhood is famous for. Walking tours are $35; the food tour is $60.

Historic Filipinotown Jeepney Tour

Location: 153 Glendale Blvd., 1st Floor, Los Angeles

Though it’s believed that the first Filipinos made their initial trip to what is now known as California with Spanish conquistadors in 1587, the first large wave of Filipino immigrants to arrive in the Golden State came in the 1920s. Many settled in a neighborhood near downtown Los Angeles that’s now known as “HiFi” or Historic Filipinotown .

Visitors can take a deep dive into L.A.’s Filipino history from the back of a 1944 jeepney (a colorful, open-air vehicle that’s a popular transportation in the Philippines) with a tour organized by the Pilipino Workers Center . Via the jeepney, guests visit important landmarks in the neighborhood and Filipino community, including Unidad Park , which features a large mural of Filipino American heroes and Temple Seafood Market where fish are killed, cleaned, and fried or grilled for diners. The jeepney is also available for private tours and events. Tickets start at $25 per person.

People viewing a display inside the Hmong Cultural Center in St. Paul

In addition to their exhibits about Hmong culture, the museum also offers assistance to new immigrants through English and citizenship classes.

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Hmong Cultural Center Museum

Location: 375 University Ave. W., #204, St. Paul, Minnesota

When the United States withdrew from Southeast Asia in the 1970s after the end of the Vietnam War, large numbers of Hmong people in Laos sought refuge in the USA—many had helped the CIA during their “ secret war ” in the country. Thanks to a program started by the University of Minnesota Agricultural Extension Service that provided land, education, and other kinds of support to Hmong farmers, many decided to settle in the land of 10,000 lakes. Now, as of the 2020 census, there are more than 90,000 Hmong people in Minnesota.

In the Twin Cities’ Little Mekong Cultural District, the Hmong Cultural Center Museum showcases the Hmong people’s history, art, and contributions to Minnesota. Exhibits on display at the center feature beautiful examples of Hmong jewelry, embroidery, and other cultural artifacts. Here, you’ll also find the most extensive library of Hmong-related literature and research available in the country. Admission is $7 per person.

Afterwards, plan to spend your afternoon eating at the nearby Hmong Village , where there are more than a dozen restaurants and 250 vendors selling everything from beauty products to chiropractic services. On May 6, the Hmong Cultural Center and HmongTown Marketplace will offer a guided tour of Hmong Village. In addition to offering insightful information and history about the city’s Asian community, it will allow time for shopping and browsing.

A Vietnamese Buddhist Temple, Teo Chew Temple, in Houston

Houston’s expansive Asiatown is comprised of both Little Saigon and Chinatown.

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Asiatown Houston Bus Tour

Location: 5300 N. Braeswood Blvd., Ste. 4-207, Houston

Houston ranks as one of the most diverse cities in the country , and there’s perhaps no place easier to experience the diversity of H-Town than in Asiatown. Though it’s colloquially known as Chinatown, this southwestern neighborhood of Houston is home to a number of different communities: Vietnamese, Chinese, Malaysian, and Indian people (among many others).

Clocking in at 4.5 hours, the Asiatown Houston Bus Tour offers an immersive look at the history, food, and art of Asiatown. Local Asian American residents lead the tours. They begin at Teo Chew Temple , an expansive Vietnamese Buddhist temple, followed by stops in Bellaire (one of the best food neighborhoods in the city) and at Houston’s Vietnam War Memorial . Prices start at $75 per person.

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Feel the enormity of China's Great Wall, stretching as far as the eye can see through luscious green valleys. With some fragments built nearly 3000 years ago, the historical significance of this fortification is not to be missed. Tackle just a small length of this 21,000-kilometer UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Wander through Angkor Wat

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Land of smiles, cheap cocktails and expert massages, a trip to Thailand is a chance to unwind. Spend days floating in the Gulf of Thailand and roaming through shopping markets, interrupted only by fragrant Panang curries and fresh coconuts to cool you down.

Sail Halong Bay

Climb aboard a traditional wooden boat and take in the beauty of Vietnam's sea of limestone islands. The dramatic setting of Halong Bay will dazzle as you drift slowly around the emerald waters past many families that call the water home. An essential part of Asia travel packages, it has been named one of the new natural wonders of the world.

Stroll down the busy streets of Tokyo

Home to almost 14-million, the streets of Tokyo buzz with an energy that is hard to resist. Navigate through the swarm of pedestrians at Shibuya Crossing and admire elaborate dress sense in Harajuku. Even those called by empty mountains will find joy in the scenes of Japan's capital.

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The aptly named Temple of Heaven is a scene straight out of a mythical religious artwork. Stare up at the ceilings in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests where a patchwork of color honors the seasons of the year. With construction finishing in the year 1420, this site holds limitless cultural significance.

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Take an artistic journey along the Silk Road to ancient and medieval days gone by at Tokyo National Museum, the 6th largest art museum in the world. Hosting many of Japan's national treasures and religious artworks with immense cultural significance, allow a whole day to soak up all this monument has to offer.

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Pho has traveled a long way since it originated in the Nam Định province of Vietnam. Slurp down many bowls from lively street vendors and modern cafes, enjoying variations of the hot rice noodle broth covered in herbs. The country of Vietnam summed up in one soupy dish.

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Private or Group | Asian-American Heritage of New York Virtual Tour

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Asian-Americans in New York have made powerful contributions in every aspect of the city.

Asian-Americans in New York have made powerful contributions to every aspect of the city–from food to performance; science and technology; art, architecture, and fashion; business and civil rights.  

On this tour, we will explore the Asian-American presence in NYC from its earliest home concentrated in historic Chinatown to the flowering of art and politics in places like the Lower East Side and Columbia University, to the proliferation of ethnic enclaves throughout the city following the expansion of Asian immigration in the late 20th century. Finally, we will examine the issues impacting the community in present-day New York.

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Private or Group | Know Your Rights: from the Central Park Five to the Present Virtual Tour

Examines the modern history of incidents in NYC (from the 1980s to the present) in which the rights of vulnerable groups, including the youth and communities of color, have been at risk.

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Finding asian american history in washington, dc, tour description.

These highlighted sites are among those researched for DC’s first Asian American Historical Context Statement, a project produced by the 1882 Foundation for the DC Historic Preservation Office and the DC Preservation League through funding from the National Park Service’s Underrepresented Communities Grant Fund.

These sites provide only a small glimpse into the range of places where Asian Americans have lived, gathered, and built community in the city for more than a century—against the backdrop of turbulent geopolitical shifts, as well as over half a century of US immigration policy that excluded Asians.

For more information on Asian American history in DC, see the "Further Resources" stop of this tour.

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Finding asian american history: union market shops, finding asian american history: the chinese lantern restaurant, finding asian american history: manila house, finding asian american history: american fazl mosque, finding asian american history: shogo myaida (hillwood estate, museum & gardens), finding asian american history: american university cherry trees, finding asian american history: washon ye headstone, finding asian american history: korean commission at the continental trust building, finding asian american history: korean church in washington (foundry methodist church), finding asian american history: old korean legation museum, finding asian american history: range 99 at congressional cemetery, finding asian american history: chinese legation, finding asian american history: da hsin company, on leong chinese merchants association, finding asian american history: wah luck house, finding asian american history: temple of cun yum, finding asian american history: chinese community church, finding asian american history: further resources, tour postscript.

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We booked a trip to the Grand Canyon with departure from Santa Ana, CA. The Chinese tour guide, Timothy .... ( don't remember his last name) had a pretty bad attitude towards most of the passengers, especially to 2 of the elderly Indian women. He acted as if he was ready to kick them out or leave them behind during the trip. He would not passengers relax or sleep on the bus with His voice more like a father talking to children, and he made use of any opportunities to market his real estate business. Also, I was not sure if he was lying or he did not know, but he claimed that the US government no longer allows passenger buses with luggage's to stop by Hoover Dam, therefore he did not let us stop and visit it. However, our friends told us they took the same trip and had no problem visiting Hoover Dam with their group. Do not take this trip with this company.

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Second time we used this travel agency and we are Very happy with their service.Joey Lao was a great tour guide,She made sure that we are all comfortable on those 3 days she was with us.Funny and very good on what she does.The only thing that really needs improvement is the Rest Room in their office at Monterey Park, They need to work on this one coz it's really getting a lot of people upset because of the long line.

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I have no idea why they got negative reviews but these travel agency representative was very helpful. I wanted to book a tour in Vancouver for one week and this lady name Stephanie was really helpful because I will be traveling from Seattle to Vancouver and she helped me with so much information. She even suggested that I rent a car in Seattle instead of Vancouver because they might charge us extra she's trying to help us find a good deal and what we should do in our mean time. Very good. I would use them again wish they got more vacation package for the east and west coast.

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I love to travel...been doing it since I was little. I'm not much for the travel tours though because I feel it's constricting...gotta follow their schedule...gotta wake up at 6am and see what they tell you to see! No freedom. There are some exceptions, and this was definitely one of them. My parents are big on travel tours. For them it's easier, they don't have to deal with any planning and booking, it's all done for you. It would be fair to say that it would be for the lazy traveler. So when some of my friends wanted to plan a trip to Thailand and we were all on a budget...my Mom suggested this little place that she uses all the time. America Asia Travels is mainly for the Chinese, but if they know you don't speak Chinese, they will try and accomodate with an English speaking tour guide. We worked with the agent who was very accomodating, I went to the branch here in Cerritos to get some information. She showed us what packages she had available. We went with the 2 week package to Bangkok and Ko Samui. It was orginally suppose to be just me and a friend, and then at the end my sister joined, and two other friends joined. So 5 total, half of us being in San Diego, and the agent was very accomodating with the payments being all at different times. She was great at alarming us when to pay or airline prices would go up. She was even cool with adding another friend last minute, although she had to pay about $200 extra. You can also have an option to stay in Hong Kong for a few days as a layover...but I've been there before, so we opted to extend our time in Thailand. The agency was very cool with booking the tickets for us to come back a week after the tour was over, so we were able to roam free in Thailand for an extra week before having to leave. Overall, you really can't beat the price and the quality of what you get. Here's the breakdown of what the tour included: - Plane flight from LAX to Bangkok - Hotel stays/food = I'm talking about 5 star hotels...very fancy - Food = for most of the meals - Attractions and entrance fees - Guide who sort of spoke English - Plane flight from Bangkok to Ko Samui = which we went during the FULL MOON PARTY!! Too much fun on the island! and overall for just $1200...and we didn't have to do very much planning for it...worry free...easy...I would suggest this place for new travelers...the tour package really isn't as constricting as I thought. Plus it's a bit a safer when going to foreign countries. But overall, you really can't beat the price. I know I'm such a cheapass. They also have some tours within the states...some cruises that look cool and completely affordable!

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Read this before book the tour with this company!!!! We are from Thailand and we fly for 20 hours for this very bad service of this tour company I bought 2 trips with this company at Cerritos with Amy. 1. Yosemite- San Francisco 3 days 2. Grand Canyon 4 days I really want to go to Yosemite that's why I bought that one. On the day, we leaved from the travel center, they told us on the bus that they're not go to Yosemite and they closed for 3 weeks already and I can not do nothing because I was on the bus even when we bought they're not told us that it closed for 3 weeks already. I feel very upset with the trip and then when we come back from San Francisco, we canceled the Grand Canyon trip it's cost $1025. They ask us to comeback and take cash on Friday and we okay. When we come to take money, they charge us for 50$ for service charge even we're not going that trip and they're not care about our feeling. I know that not only us that they done like this. My trip mates got the same situation like us. This is my first time for my family trip and I hope everyone think carefully again before you buy any trips from this company. If I could rate 0 star, I will.

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Steer clear of this travel agency! I traveled all over the world and have used many many travel agencies - this is by far the most unorganized travel agency that I've ever used. An organized travel agent should be able to provide accurate information on what they are selling and have a mental checklist of what to give their clients after they book their trip. The travel agent I worked with at this agency clearly lacked both. I was the one that had to initiate the request for my tickets, transportation information, who to contact when I arrived, etc. I was also the one that had to find the tour information on my own via google searches and calls the tour company. I booked a tour for my mom and me with travel agent Jennifer Y and she told us this would be a semi-private tour with 2 other people. The tour turned out to be a large 40 person group tour. Additionally, I inquired about the sites of visit for the tour, and she was not able to provide the information. I ended up looking up the tour online on my own and was able to get the information I needed. Jennifer misplaced my flight tickets and insisted that my mother already stopped by to pick them up. My mother said she had not visited the agency since the booking and that she did not pick up the tickets. After 3 lengthly trips to the travel agency, Jennifer finally found the tickets in a drawer under a pile of crumped up paperwork from 2005 and 2006. She did not seem surprised when she found the tickets, and offered no apologies for the error, which led me to believe that this error was not uncommon. Jennifer also insisted that she mailed detailed information to me regarding who I should contact once I arrived to my destination, but no such papers were received. Clearly, there are better agencies to use, and I would not recommend this travel agency to anyone.

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Never buy any ticket from america Asia , I reservation 2 ticket from Amy on 8-19-2019 I told her I will come back tomorrow and pay for it she say ok , on the 8-20-19 I come back want to pay for the ticket the stupid manager tony bao cancel my ticket then he blame to the computer auto cancel I know he took my ticket sell to other people for higher price , this is too smart to make business like this . I hope they will close this business soon .

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I didn't book a tour or flight with them, but had a good experience getting a visa. My mom was going to Korea for a couple weeks, and semi-last minute her weekend trip to Japan with friends was cancelled (tsunami) and they decided to go to China.. She needed a China visa. She didn't want to drive out to Ktown, & the local go-to Korean travel agency quoted $190. I gave this place a call, and they said it'll be $170. Done deal, thanks

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I agree with Jade, this place is horrible. I went in to get a Chinese visa for my wife and I. My wife is a foreign national and at 30 bucks it would be cheaper than my passport. When I spoke to Jennifer, she said the handling fee was 30 dollars. So it should be 60 dollars right? Wrong. She said it was 160. I asked why it was expensive and she said that that was the price now. I figured the price I got from the Chinese Embassy website for Los Angeles must have been old. So we asked her to do the visa. During the week I called the embassy and they said the price for a non-American passport was 45 dollars. Can you believe that? She totally ripped us off. I thought maybe there was some sort of misunderstanding but when I went to pick it up and explained to her that the base price was 45 she wouldn't listen. She wouldn't even breakdown the total. And to top it all off she said they only accept cash. How do you operate a travel agency and not accept credit cards? It just makes me think that they are only out for your money. When I do business I expect a certain level of professionalism. Lieing is not acceptable.

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2018 has been a great traveling year. My wife n i went to Hawaii (Honolulu), Canada (Banff) n Japan (Kyushu/Fukuoka). In particular, the Japan trip was an onzen (hot spring) trip to Yufuin. Super fun in a super cute village with impossibly fantastic food. I gave such a great review of Yufuin hot spring to my family that they demanded my wife n i bring them in February 2019. Now this is gonna be challenging because there will be my parents from Taiwan, my bro-in-law in Taiwan, my sister along with my wife n i, we 3 in USA. Us 3 wil flying EVA Airways meeting my parents n bro-in-law in Taiwan, then 6 of us fly to Fukuoka Japan, do the hot spring then 6 of us fly to Taiwan for transit then fly to LAX. 4 of 6 using frequent fly miles to upgrade to first class; my parents wil fly first class with cash purchase. The air ticket purchases will be A NIGHTMARE not to mention finding the connection flights. Oh BTW, Both My parents travel with wheel chairs. Ah, but we have Cynthia at America Asia Travel... I walked in n Cynthia was her usual busy self with customer waiting n a land line phone on 1 shoulder n a cell phone on the other shoulder. 15 min later it was my turn. I told her my dilemma organizing the whole group n the upgrades...her eyes literally lit up at the challenge of this organization n ticket purchases. ...long story short...FANTASTIC JOURNEY! We had a super good time full of great food, great pix, great this n great that n all bcoz the flight there-n-back happened the way it supposed to. Imagine what couldda happen if the flight did not happen the way we wanted. We wouldda been stuck in transit hell had we missed 1 leg of any of those flights with 2 senior citizens in wheel chairs. Cynthia, thanks, again, for a journey well planned!

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A t the International Series in Macau sanctioned by the Asian Tour, a new face shone in the last round. In the field of 144 at the Macau Golf and Country Club, John Catlin emerged as the first golfer to shoot a round of 13 under 59, making history on the Asian Tour. Catlin shot seven birdies in the front, followed by three in the back, and finished 18 under 192 overall, leading the field.

The incredible third round of Catlin allowed him to outshine LIV pros like Sergio Garcia , Patrick Reed , and Jason Kokrak, who are 2 strokes behind Catlin. While it isn’t the first mojo of Catline, little is known about his coming to golf and becoming a known face on the Asian Tour.

John Catlin’s journey to golf 

John Catlin hails from Sacramento, California, and was born on November 15, 1990. As a child, he was intrigued by the idea of sports and played many but his eyes settled on golf, and he started playing. From a young age, Catlin had tasted success in golf. When he was an amateur, he had back-to-back wins at the NCGA State Match Play Championship (2010 and 2011).

Moreover, in 2011 and 2012, the 33-year-old won the Memorial Amateur Championship, and following the first time, he was admitted to the University of New Mexico. Before graduating in 2013, Catlin was named Academic All-American for three consecutive years, that is 2011, 2012, and 2013.

Additionally, in his second year at college, he won his first intercollegiate event (Arizona Intercollegiate) and earned the UNM Student-Athlete of the Year award. Right after finishing the university, Catlin turned professional and started coaching under Class A PGA instructor Noah Montgomery.

In his initial years, he played on the Mackenzie Tour, but after not finding any success, he moved to the other side of the ocean. Catlin started his run on the Asian Tour, where he eventually earned many titles.

John Catlin’s victories on various Tours

After traveling to Asia, John Catlin got his Asian Tour card in 2015 via Q-School. Three years later, he got his maiden victory at the Asia-Pacific Classic. In the same year, Catlin also won the Sarawak Championship and the Yeangder Tournament Players Championship. In 2019, he won the Thailand Open by winning the playoffs against Shiv Kapur and Pavit Tangkamolprasert.

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After being ranked 6th in the Asian Tour’s Order of Merit, Catlin received a membership for the European Tour in 2019. Catlin shifted his focus to making a name for himself on the DP World Tour. In his second year on the European Tour, Catlin earned his breakthrough victory at the 2020 Estrella Damm N.A. Andalucía Masters. In the same month, he went on to win his second title, the Dubai Duty-Free Irish Open. His latest win on the DP World Tour was when he won the 2021 Austrian Golf Open.

Now, Catlin moves back and forth on the European and Asian Tour. As he charts the leaderboard at International Series Macau, John Catlin is on the way to earning his fifth victory on the Asian Tour, but will he be able to attain this title? Stay tuned to find out.

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National Museum of Asian Art Announces 2024 Arts and Culture Festival Dedicated to Well-Being in the Asian American Community

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Part of a Five-Year Series of May Programming Sponsored by Bank of America That Celebrates Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art has announced its May Arts and Culture Festival. From May 10 to May 12, the museum will host pop-ups, performances, discussions and other programs that draw upon the role of the museum as a space of gathering, learning and contemplation to honor and celebrate the cultures of the Middle East, Asia and America’s Asian American communities. This is the second festival in a five-year initiative sponsored by Bank of America for annual celebrations during Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. All events are free of charge. More details on the May 2024 festival programming will be announced in the coming weeks. The public can follow #TheNext100 and @NatAsianArt for details about the events, including those that require tickets and registration.

This year, the museum will feature arts and culture programming dedicated to well-being in the Asian American community. The weekend-long festival aims to create dialogue around and bring awareness to often overlooked issues, stories and practices around mental health and wellness in Asian diasporic experiences. Activities like mindfulness practices will be integrated alongside arts and cultures resources that support mental health. Programming also includes panel discussions, interactive experiences, culinary pop-ups and art-making projects.

The museum’s partnership with Bank of America greatly expands the National Museum of Asian Art’s public programming, both within its galleries and on the National Mall, ensuring that Asian arts and culture reach the broadest possible audiences. Last year’s two-week festival commemorated the museum’s centennial and drew more than 40,000 people.

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Bank of America is the Founding Sponsor of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art’s May Arts and Culture Festival.

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The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art is committed to preserving, exhibiting, researching and interpreting art in ways that deepen our collective understanding of Asia, the United States and the world. Home to more than 46,000 objects, the museum stewards one of North America’s largest and most comprehensive collections of Asian art, with works dating from antiquity to the present from China, Japan, Korea, South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Islamic world. Its rich holdings bring the arts of Asia into direct dialogue with an important collection of 19th- and early 20th-century art from the United States, providing an essential platform for creative collaboration and cultural exchange between the U.S., Asia and the Middle East.

Beginning with a 1906 gift that paved the way for the museum’s opening in 1923, the National Museum of Asian Art is a leading resource for visitors, students and scholars in the United States and internationally. Its galleries, laboratories, archives and library are located on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and are part of the world’s largest museum complex, which typically reports more than 27 million visits each year. The museum is free and open to the public 364 days a year (closed Dec. 25), making its exhibitions, programs, learning opportunities and digital initiatives accessible to global audiences.

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In Transit: Notes from the Underground

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Spend some time in one of Moscow’s finest museums.

Subterranean commuting might not be anyone’s idea of a good time, but even in a city packing the war-games treasures and priceless bejeweled eggs of the Kremlin Armoury and the colossal Soviet pavilions of the VDNKh , the Metro holds up as one of Moscow’s finest museums. Just avoid rush hour.

The Metro is stunning and provides an unrivaled insight into the city’s psyche, past and present, but it also happens to be the best way to get around. Moscow has Uber, and the Russian version called Yandex Taxi , but also some nasty traffic. Metro trains come around every 90 seconds or so, at a more than 99 percent on-time rate. It’s also reasonably priced, with a single ride at 55 cents (and cheaper in bulk). From history to tickets to rules — official and not — here’s what you need to know to get started.

A Brief Introduction Buying Tickets Know Before You Go (Down) Rules An Easy Tour

A Brief Introduction

Moscow’s Metro was a long time coming. Plans for rapid transit to relieve the city’s beleaguered tram system date back to the Imperial era, but a couple of wars and a revolution held up its development. Stalin revived it as part of his grand plan to modernize the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s. The first lines and tunnels were constructed with help from engineers from the London Underground, although Stalin’s secret police decided that they had learned too much about Moscow’s layout and had them arrested on espionage charges and deported.

The beauty of its stations (if not its trains) is well-documented, and certainly no accident. In its illustrious first phases and particularly after the Second World War, the greatest architects of Soviet era were recruited to create gleaming temples celebrating the Revolution, the USSR, and the war triumph. No two stations are exactly alike, and each of the classic showpieces has a theme. There are world-famous shrines to Futurist architecture, a celebration of electricity, tributes to individuals and regions of the former Soviet Union. Each marble slab, mosaic tile, or light fixture was placed with intent, all in service to a station’s aesthetic; each element, f rom the smallest brass ear of corn to a large blood-spattered sword on a World War II mural, is an essential part of the whole.

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The Metro is a monument to the Soviet propaganda project it was intended to be when it opened in 1935 with the slogan “Building a Palace for the People”. It brought the grand interiors of Imperial Russia to ordinary Muscovites, celebrated the Soviet Union’s past achievements while promising its citizens a bright Soviet future, and of course, it was a show-piece for the world to witness the might and sophistication of life in the Soviet Union.

It may be a museum, but it’s no relic. U p to nine million people use it daily, more than the London Underground and New York Subway combined. (Along with, at one time, about 20 stray dogs that learned to commute on the Metro.)

In its 80+ year history, the Metro has expanded in phases and fits and starts, in step with the fortunes of Moscow and Russia. Now, partly in preparation for the World Cup 2018, it’s also modernizing. New trains allow passengers to walk the entire length of the train without having to change carriages. The system is becoming more visitor-friendly. (There are helpful stickers on the floor marking out the best selfie spots .) But there’s a price to modernity: it’s phasing out one of its beloved institutions, the escalator attendants. Often they are middle-aged or elderly women—“ escalator grandmas ” in news accounts—who have held the post for decades, sitting in their tiny kiosks, scolding commuters for bad escalator etiquette or even bad posture, or telling jokes . They are slated to be replaced, when at all, by members of the escalator maintenance staff.

For all its achievements, the Metro lags behind Moscow’s above-ground growth, as Russia’s capital sprawls ever outwards, generating some of the world’s worst traffic jams . But since 2011, the Metro has been in the middle of an ambitious and long-overdue enlargement; 60 new stations are opening by 2020. If all goes to plan, the 2011-2020 period will have brought 125 miles of new tracks and over 100 new stations — a 40 percent increase — the fastest and largest expansion phase in any period in the Metro’s history.

Facts: 14 lines Opening hours: 5 a.m-1 a.m. Rush hour(s): 8-10 a.m, 4-8 p.m. Single ride: 55₽ (about 85 cents) Wi-Fi network-wide

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Buying Tickets

  • Ticket machines have a button to switch to English.
  • You can buy specific numbers of rides: 1, 2, 5, 11, 20, or 60. Hold up fingers to show how many rides you want to buy.
  • There is also a 90-minute ticket , which gets you 1 trip on the metro plus an unlimited number of transfers on other transport (bus, tram, etc) within 90 minutes.
  • Or, you can buy day tickets with unlimited rides: one day (218₽/ US$4), three days (415₽/US$7) or seven days (830₽/US$15). Check the rates here to stay up-to-date.
  • If you’re going to be using the Metro regularly over a few days, it’s worth getting a Troika card , a contactless, refillable card you can use on all public transport. Using the Metro is cheaper with one of these: a single ride is 36₽, not 55₽. Buy them and refill them in the Metro stations, and they’re valid for 5 years, so you can keep it for next time. Or, if you have a lot of cash left on it when you leave, you can get it refunded at the Metro Service Centers at Ulitsa 1905 Goda, 25 or at Staraya Basmannaya 20, Building 1.
  • You can also buy silicone bracelets and keychains with built-in transport chips that you can use as a Troika card. (A Moscow Metro Fitbit!) So far, you can only get these at the Pushkinskaya metro station Live Helpdesk and souvenir shops in the Mayakovskaya and Trubnaya metro stations. The fare is the same as for the Troika card.
  • You can also use Apple Pay and Samsung Pay.

Rules, spoken and unspoken

No smoking, no drinking, no filming, no littering. Photography is allowed, although it used to be banned.

Stand to the right on the escalator. Break this rule and you risk the wrath of the legendary escalator attendants. (No shenanigans on the escalators in general.)

Get out of the way. Find an empty corner to hide in when you get off a train and need to stare at your phone. Watch out getting out of the train in general; when your train doors open, people tend to appear from nowhere or from behind ornate marble columns, walking full-speed.

Always offer your seat to elderly ladies (what are you, a monster?).

An Easy Tour

This is no Metro Marathon ( 199 stations in 20 hours ). It’s an easy tour, taking in most—though not all—of the notable stations, the bulk of it going clockwise along the Circle line, with a couple of short detours. These stations are within minutes of one another, and the whole tour should take about 1-2 hours.

Start at Mayakovskaya Metro station , at the corner of Tverskaya and Garden Ring,  Triumfalnaya Square, Moskva, Russia, 125047.

1. Mayakovskaya.  Named for Russian Futurist Movement poet Vladimir Mayakovsky and an attempt to bring to life the future he imagined in his poems. (The Futurist Movement, natch, was all about a rejecting the past and celebrating all things speed, industry, modern machines, youth, modernity.) The result: an Art Deco masterpiece that won the National Grand Prix for architecture at the New York World’s Fair in 1939. It’s all smooth, rounded shine and light, and gentle arches supported by columns of dark pink marble and stainless aircraft steel. Each of its 34 ceiling niches has a mosaic. During World War II, the station was used as an air-raid shelter and, at one point, a bunker for Stalin. He gave a subdued but rousing speech here in Nov. 6, 1941 as the Nazis bombed the city above.

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Take the 3/Green line one station to:

2. Belorusskaya. Opened in 1952, named after the connected Belarussky Rail Terminal, which runs trains between Moscow and Belarus. This is a light marble affair with a white, cake-like ceiling, lined with Belorussian patterns and 12 Florentine ceiling mosaics depicting life in Belarussia when it was built.

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Transfer onto the 1/Brown line. Then, one stop (clockwise) t o:

3. Novoslobodskaya.  This station was designed around the stained-glass panels, which were made in Latvia, because Alexey Dushkin, the Soviet starchitect who dreamed it up (and also designed Mayakovskaya station) couldn’t find the glass and craft locally. The stained glass is the same used for Riga’s Cathedral, and the panels feature plants, flowers, members of the Soviet intelligentsia (musician, artist, architect) and geometric shapes.

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Go two stops east on the 1/Circle line to:

4. Komsomolskaya. Named after the Komsomol, or the Young Communist League, this might just be peak Stalin Metro style. Underneath the hub for three regional railways, it was intended to be a grand gateway to Moscow and is today its busiest station. It has chandeliers; a yellow ceiling with Baroque embellishments; and in the main hall, a colossal red star overlaid on golden, shimmering tiles. Designer Alexey Shchusev designed it as an homage to the speech Stalin gave at Red Square on Nov. 7, 1941, in which he invoked Russia’s illustrious military leaders as a pep talk to Soviet soldiers through the first catastrophic year of the war.   The station’s eight large mosaics are of the leaders referenced in the speech, such as Alexander Nevsky, a 13th-century prince and military commander who bested German and Swedish invading armies.

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One more stop clockwise to Kurskaya station,  and change onto the 3/Blue  line, and go one stop to:

5. Baumanskaya.   Opened in 1944. Named for the Bolshevik Revolutionary Nikolai Bauman , whose monument and namesake district are aboveground here. Though he seemed like a nasty piece of work (he apparently once publicly mocked a woman he had impregnated, who later hung herself), he became a Revolutionary martyr when he was killed in 1905 in a skirmish with a monarchist, who hit him on the head with part of a steel pipe. The station is in Art Deco style with atmospherically dim lighting, and a series of bronze sculptures of soldiers and homefront heroes during the War. At one end, there is a large mosaic portrait of Lenin.

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Stay on that train direction one more east to:

6. Elektrozavodskaya. As you may have guessed from the name, this station is the Metro’s tribute to all thing electrical, built in 1944 and named after a nearby lightbulb factory. It has marble bas-relief sculptures of important figures in electrical engineering, and others illustrating the Soviet Union’s war-time struggles at home. The ceiling’s recurring rows of circular lamps give the station’s main tunnel a comforting glow, and a pleasing visual effect.

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Double back two stops to Kurskaya station , and change back to the 1/Circle line. Sit tight for six stations to:

7. Kiyevskaya. This was the last station on the Circle line to be built, in 1954, completed under Nikita Khrushchev’ s guidance, as a tribute to his homeland, Ukraine. Its three large station halls feature images celebrating Ukraine’s contributions to the Soviet Union and Russo-Ukrainian unity, depicting musicians, textile-working, soldiers, farmers. (One hall has frescoes, one mosaics, and the third murals.) Shortly after it was completed, Khrushchev condemned the architectural excesses and unnecessary luxury of the Stalin era, which ushered in an epoch of more austere Metro stations. According to the legend at least, he timed the policy in part to ensure no Metro station built after could outshine Kiyevskaya.

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Change to the 3/Blue line and go one stop west.

8. Park Pobedy. This is the deepest station on the Metro, with one of the world’s longest escalators, at 413 feet. If you stand still, the escalator ride to the surface takes about three minutes .) Opened in 2003 at Victory Park, the station celebrates two of Russia’s great military victories. Each end has a mural by Georgian artist Zurab Tsereteli, who also designed the “ Good Defeats Evil ” statue at the UN headquarters in New York. One mural depicts the Russian generals’ victory over the French in 1812 and the other, the German surrender of 1945. The latter is particularly striking; equal parts dramatic, triumphant, and gruesome. To the side, Red Army soldiers trample Nazi flags, and if you look closely there’s some blood spatter among the detail. Still, the biggest impressions here are the marble shine of the chessboard floor pattern and the pleasingly geometric effect if you view from one end to the other.

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Keep going one more stop west to:

9. Slavyansky Bulvar.  One of the Metro’s youngest stations, it opened in 2008. With far higher ceilings than many other stations—which tend to have covered central tunnels on the platforms—it has an “open-air” feel (or as close to it as you can get, one hundred feet under). It’s an homage to French architect Hector Guimard, he of the Art Nouveau entrances for the Paris M é tro, and that’s precisely what this looks like: A Moscow homage to the Paris M é tro, with an additional forest theme. A Cyrillic twist on Guimard’s Metro-style lettering over the benches, furnished with t rees and branch motifs, including creeping vines as towering lamp-posts.

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Stay on the 3/Blue line and double back four stations to:

10. Arbatskaya. Its first iteration, Arbatskaya-Smolenskaya station, was damaged by German bombs in 1941. It was rebuilt in 1953, and designed to double as a bomb shelter in the event of nuclear war, although unusually for stations built in the post-war phase, this one doesn’t have a war theme. It may also be one of the system’s most elegant: Baroque, but toned down a little, with red marble floors and white ceilings with gilded bronze c handeliers.

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Jump back on the 3/Blue line  in the same direction and take it one more stop:

11. Ploshchad Revolyutsii (Revolution Square). Opened in 1938, and serving Red Square and the Kremlin . Its renowned central hall has marble columns flanked by 76 bronze statues of Soviet heroes: soldiers, students, farmers, athletes, writers, parents. Some of these statues’ appendages have a yellow sheen from decades of Moscow’s commuters rubbing them for good luck. Among the most popular for a superstitious walk-by rub: the snout of a frontier guard’s dog, a soldier’s gun (where the touch of millions of human hands have tapered the gun barrel into a fine, pointy blade), a baby’s foot, and a woman’s knee. (A brass rooster also sports the telltale gold sheen, though I am told that rubbing the rooster is thought to bring bad luck. )

Now take the escalator up, and get some fresh air.

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    Operates: Mon,Tue,Wed,Sun (5/8-5/14), Daily (5/16-12/31/2024) Price: $498. Highlights: Visit the city of Las Vegas for a special night tour! Explore the beauty of the Grand Canyon and Horseshoe Bend! Take a glimpse at Antelope Canyon! Tour Include: Deluxe Hotels, Bus and Chinese / English Speaking Tour Guide.

  5. 6 Museums & Tours for Learning About Asian American History

    If you'd like an Asian American history-focused tour of Emerald City's Japanese American community or Chinatown, the museum has a variety of guided walks to choose from. Tours start at $25. Angel Island Immigration Station was the main immigration hub of the West Coast from 1910 to 1940.

  6. Welcome to America Asia Travel Center, Super Vacation!

    ::: SUBSIDIARIES: AMERICA ASIA EXPRESS, INC. (Bus Charter) 121 E Garvey Avenue, Monterey Park, CA: Tel: (626) 571-7852 Fax: (626) 307-2299

  7. Asia Tour Packages & Asia Destination Guide

    Asia at a glance. Wander the energetic streets of Tokyo, unwind on the beaches of Thailand, see the limestone islands in Vietnam, climb Mount Fuji in Japan and discover the soulful culture of Cambodia. Join your expert Trafalgar Travel Director as you explore the diverse cuisine, culture and history of this alluring continent.

  8. Asian Tour

    Japanese clubs hail Asian Tour Destinations tie-up. Sapporo Country Club and The North Country Golf Club also gearing up to host big events. Sentosa Golf Club becomes world's first carbon neutral golf club. Club started sustainability journey in 2018 with aim of becoming industry leader.

  9. 13 sites that tell the stories of Asian Americans and Pacific ...

    Courtesy of Hakone Gardens. Wing Luke Museum: This Seattle museum tells stories of Asian Pacific American history, culture and identity. Otto Greule/Courtesy of Wing Luke Museum. Locke Historic ...

  10. America Asia Travel Center

    See the stunning American West! Enjoy the most magnificent views from four famous national parks and three world-class scenic spots! ... Tour Include: Deluxe Hotels, Bus and Chinese / English Speaking Tour Guide. San Francisco - 17 Miles - Yosemite National Park 3 day Tour. Operates: Wed,Fri,Sat,Sun (5/8-5/14), Daily (5/15-12/31/2024) Price: $358

  11. Asian-American Heritage of New York Virtual Tour

    On this tour, we will explore the Asian-American presence in NYC from its earliest home concentrated in historic Chinatown to the flowering of art and politics in places like the Lower East Side and Columbia University, to the proliferation of ethnic enclaves throughout the city following the expansion of Asian immigration in the late 20th ...

  12. AMERICA ASIA TRAVEL

    21 reviews of America Asia Travel "Pretty reasonable tours within the USA. These people specialize in Chinese speaking tours and there are ones which offer 3 day trip to San Francisco, 4 day trips to Phoenix etc. The one to SF is less than $300 for 2 persons and includes a trip to Hearst Castle (includes admission too). They do not take credit card for these tours and excursions, but will take ...

  13. Tour

    Finding Asian American History: Shogo Myaida (Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens) This Japanese-style garden is part of the eclectic landscape surrounding the former residence of Marjorie Merriweather Post. The garden, redesigned by Shogo Myaida (1897-1988) in the 1950s, is a hybrid landscape consisting of American and Japanese…. 6.

  14. AMERICA ASIA TRAVEL CENTER

    13 reviews and 2 photos of America Asia Travel Center "I love to travel...been doing it since I was little. I'm not much for the travel tours though because I feel it's constricting...gotta follow their schedule...gotta wake up at 6am and see what they tell you to see! No freedom. There are some exceptions, and this was definitely one of them.

  15. Who Is John Catlin? Meet the American Pro Who Made Asian Tour History

    Meet the American Pro Who Made Asian Tour History. At the International Series in Macau sanctioned by the Asian Tour, a new face shone in the last round. In the field of 144 at the Macau Golf and ...

  16. Asia Tour remains an option for LIV golfers looking for ranking points

    An infusion of Saudi Arabia cash and an established international series has raised the Asian Tour profile but not enough yet to attract LIV Golf's big names in search of world ranking points.

  17. [4K] Walking Streets Moscow. Moscow-City

    Walking tour around Moscow-City.Thanks for watching!MY GEAR THAT I USEMinimalist Handheld SetupiPhone 11 128GB https://amzn.to/3zfqbboMic for Street https://...

  18. About us-America Asia Travel Center

    About us. Super Vacation Inc, was established in 1981 in Los Angeles, California. In 1986, we purchased our first luxury 56 seats bus and became the first and only Chinese-operated bus charter company at that time. Now, Super Vacation/ America Asia Travel Center has more than 70 employees, serves approximately 100,000 passengers per year, we ...

  19. About the Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art

    Part of a Five-Year Series of May Programming Sponsored by Bank of America That Celebrates Asian American and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month. The Smithsonian's National Museum of Asian Art has announced its May Arts and Culture Festival. From May 10 to May 12, the museum will host pop-ups, performances, discussions and other ...

  20. Moscow

    🎧 Wear headphones for the best experience.In this video, we will walk along the famous tourist routes of Moscow, take a walk along the renovated embankments...

  21. How to get around Moscow using the underground metro

    An Easy Tour. A Brief Introduction. Moscow's Metro was a long time coming. Plans for rapid transit to relieve the city's beleaguered tram system date back to the Imperial era, but a couple of wars and a revolution held up its development. Stalin revived it as part of his grand plan to modernize the Soviet Union in the 1920s and 30s.

  22. THE 10 BEST Restaurants Near Moscow-City (Updated 2024)

    THE 10 BEST Restaurants Near Moscow-City (Updated 2024) Restaurants near Moscow-City. Presnenskaya Embankment | Presnensky District, Moscow, Russia. Read Reviews of Moscow-City. Pepebianco. #522 of 11,503 Restaurants in Moscow. 100 reviews.

  23. Head office / Branch Locations-America Asia Travel Center

    Head office, Branch Locations & Franchises: MONTEREY PARK HEADQUARTER: 117 E Garvey Ave., Monterey Park, CA 91755: Tel: (626) 571-2988 Fax: (626) 571-1775