page_title: Chinese Historical Society of America
section_title: Exhibitions
hierarchical_section_title: Chinese Historical Society of America / Exhibitions
caption_attribution_description: English: An exhibit in the Chinese Historical Society of America, San Francisco, 965 Clay St.
context_page_description: The Chinese Historical Society of America is the oldest and largest archive and history center documenting the Chinese American experience in the United States. It is based in the Chinatown neighborhood of San Francisco, California.
context_section_description: The CHSA Museum features the set of twelve Gum Shan (金山) paintings by Jake Lee which were originally commissioned for a private dining room in Johnny Kan's eponymous restaurant, which opened in 1959. The museum also has on permanent display the large mural One Hundred Years: History of the Chinese in America by James Leong, commissioned for the Ping Yuen Housing Project in the early 1950s.
caption: Historical exhibit
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