Chinese Museum (Boston)
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Chinese Museum (Boston)
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The Chinese Museum (1845–1847) in Boston, Massachusetts, showed to the public some 41 cases displaying approximately 800 objects related to Chinese fine arts, agriculture, costume, and other customs. It was located on Washington Street in the Marlboro Chapel. Items exhibited included: "Long-gans. 'Dragon's eyes': so called from their resemblance to the ball of the eye: a favorite fruit with the Chinese, but not suited to the palate of 'barbarians.'"
"Vermicelli, made and extensively used by the
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Former museum in Boston, Massachusetts
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Museum_(Boston)
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2023-08-23T19:32:55Z
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