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The Asian Pacific American National Advisory Group's final report, released in June 1998, called for the creation of a program for Asian Pacific American Studies. This central program would provide vision, leadership, and support for all APA activities at the Smithsonian, while serving as a liaison
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The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center has had significant impact on how the Smithsonian, the world’s largest museum complex, is evolving to better reflect the diversity of our nation of immigrants and indigenous peoples. Since its inception, the Smithsonian’s APA Program has sponsored more
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Through exhibitions, programs, research, and collaboration, the APA Center seeks to improve the public's appreciation of the roles of APAs in the history of the nation and empower APA communities by increasing their sense of inclusion into the national culture. The center has provided leadership,
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In 2017, the institution published the "Culture Lab Manifesto," which highlights its mission to provide a glimpse into "experiential friction between guests and hosts, history and future." There have been three Culture Labs to date in 2019.
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vision, and support for APA activities at the Smithsonian and has also served as the Smithsonian's liaison to APA communities. The center's founding director, Dr.
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than a dozen successful exhibitions featuring Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian and Vietnamese Americans, to name a few ethnic groups.
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on the Institution's ability to increase and diffuse knowledge about the nation's richly diverse APA communities.
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history, art, and culture through innovative museum experiences online and throughout the U.S through the
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In 1997, the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center established an advisory group headed by
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with a mandate to research, deliberate, and then report to Secretary
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Curator of Asian Pacific American Studies: Lawrence-Minh BĂși Davis
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I Want the Wide American Earth: An Asian Pacific American Story
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Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter
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