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January 27, 2020

Fire at Museum of Chinese in America Destroys 10,000s of Historical Artifacts
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In New York City, a fire has destroyed tens of thousands of art pieces
and historical materials belonging to the Museum of Chinese in America.
The fire erupted Thursday night on the eve of Lunar New Year and tore
through the archives of the iconic Chinatown museum, which contained
one-of-a-kind documents dating back to the 1800s chronicling the history
of Chinese migration to the United States.


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