Public School 23 Reunion, 1991

In 1991, MOCA held the second reunion for teachers and students of the defunct New York Public School 23 located at 70 Mulberry Street. The school ceased operation in the late 1970s, and the building was converted to house cultural and arts organizations, including MOCA. The reunion saw a variety of ages and ethnicities attending; the Chinese demographic showed a dramatic increase after the complete repeal of the Exclusion Act in 1965. During the reunion, artifacts and anecdotes were collected from attendees and turned into an exhibition called What Did You Learn in School Today? P.S. 23, 1893-1976, which opened later that year.

美国华人博物馆于1991年在茂比利街七十号举办了已停办的纽约公立二十三小学的第二次师生聚会。学校于1970年代晚期停止营运后,该建筑改为一些文化、艺术组织所用,其中包括美国华人博物馆。师生重聚上可见来自各个年龄层与民族背景的参加者,现场华人的人口组成也展现了在排华法案完全被废止后华人人口在1965年激增的状况。在聚会过程中,博物馆向参加者征集他们的文物与轶事,并用于展览“你今天在学校里学到什么?公立二十三小学,一八九三至一九七六”,该展于同年稍晚时候开幕。