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ObjectExhibit NoNo's Hair

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                  NoNo's Hair 2021                      Honglin Cai                       Nono is a cute corgi; his owner went back to China during the pandemic. Nono stayed in my place for one and a half years; he kind of became my first dog. After he left me, I was heartbroken to me. I collected his hair from my carpet (he shed a lot) as a souvenir.                                       

Cultural Museum Trip Report : Museum of Chinese in America

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 It's not my first time visiting MOCA; I came here for a photoshoot the first time I came here. I carefully explored the space for the photoshoot, and I was impressed;  the internal design has a very cohesive style with the building, and the lighting also makes the space very decent and vivid. It's not a large Musume, only two floors but most of the exhibition parts are placed on the first floor.  As a museum, MOCA did a very good job on education. Pictures and words are printed on a large scale which can easily be read, I think it is very friendly to the audience. But there are several parts of the exhibition that are only presented by photos and words, which I believe are monotonous; I can't even have the patience to read the whole thing.  The experience of visiting MOCA is like reading a textbook. I did learn some history from visiting it and seeing some traditional Chinese objects, and also some rebuilt old scenes show that the museum has put a lot of thought int...