August 9, 2021

By Han Li

People familiar with the history of Chinese immigration are not unfamiliar with Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay Area. During the Chinese Exclusion Act of the last century, thousands of Chinese immigrants were detained here, and they were able to enter San Francisco through strict torture and scrutiny.

Today, an abandoned hospital building on the island for half a century has been reborn after seven years of renovation-it has become a brand new museum that tells the story of American immigrants.

The Angel Island Immigration Museum is expected to be officially opened to the public this fall. At present, the museum has been completed, and the exhibition layouts are all in place. (read more… Chinese / English via Google Translate)