rotating exhibitions on thematic, historic, and artistic subjects. The museum in January 2015 presented Waves of Identity: 35 Years of Archiving. The title of the exhibit was inspired by a Chinese proverb, “Each wave of the Yangtze River pushes at the wave ahead.” Current With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America (September 1, 2009 – December 31, 2023) Former Responses: Asian American Voices Resisting the Tides of Racism (July 15, 2021 – September 18, 2022) an unlikely photojournalist: Emile Bocian in Chinatown (December 14, 2020 – December 31, 2021) Gathering: Collecting and Documenting Chinese American History (October 17, 2019 – March 22, 2020) The Chinese Helped Build the Railroad - The Railroad Helped Build America (October 17, 2019 – March 22, 2020) FOLD: Golden Venture Paper Sculptures (October 5, 2017 - March 25, 2018) Sour, Sweet, Bitter, Spicy: Stories of Chinese Food and Identity in America (October 6, 2016 – September 10, 2017) Stage Design by Ming Cho Lee (April 28, 2016 – September 11, 2016) Chinese Style: Rediscovering the Architecture of Poy Gum Lee, 1923–1968 (September 24, 2015 – March 27, 2016) SUB URBANISMS: Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape (September 24, 2015 – March 27, 2016) Yu Lik Wai: It's a Bright Guilty World (October 8, 2015 – August 11, 2016) Water to Paper, Paint to Sky: The Art of Tyrus Wong (March 26, 2015 – September 13, 2015) Memory Prints: The Story World of Phillip Chen (September 25, 2014 – January 3, 2015) Waves of Identity: 35 Years of Archiving (September 25, 2014 – January 3, 2015) Oil and Water: Reinterpreting Ink (April 24, 2014 – September 14, 2014) The Lee Family of New York Chinatown Since 1888 (October 23, 2013 – June 6, 2014) A Floating Population (December 13, 2013 – April 13, 2014) Portraits of New York Chinatown (December 13, 2013 – April 13, 2014) Front Row: Chinese American Designers (April 26, 2013 – December 1, 2013) Shanghai Glamour: New Women 1910s–40s (April 26, 2013 – November 3, 2013) Marvels and Monsters: Unmasking Asian Images in U.S. Comics, 1942–1986 and Alt. Comics: Asian American Artists Reinvent the Comic (September 27, 2012 – February 24, 2013) America through a Chinese Lens (April 26, 2012 – September 9, 2012) Lee Mingwei: The Travelers and The Quartet Project (October 20, 2011 – March 26, 2012) Unearthing (May 5, 2011 – September 19, 2011)