Harry Wu welcomes guests

Authors Discuss Global Impact of Slavery

On Thursday, April 28th, the Laogai Museum hosted authors Marjorie Gann and Janet Willen for the launch of their new book, Five Thousand Years of Slavery. The book chronicles the history of slavery around the world and is a chilling reminder that this crime against humanity continues to exist today. The book is written in…

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Upcoming Book Launch Event at Laogai Museum

About Five Thousand Years of Slavery Ancient history? Tragically, no. In our time, slavery wears many faces. James Kofi Annan’s parents in Ghana sold him because they could not feed him. Beatrice Fernando had to work almost around the clock in Lebanon. Julia Gabriel was trafficked from Arizona to the cucumber fields of South Carolina….

Harry Wu greets guests before the ceremony begins

GRAND OPENING!

At long last, the new Laogai Museum is finally open to the public! Our grand opening ceremony on April 7th, 2011 was a great success. The completed museum is not only a magnificent work of art, but also a trove of information on the Laogai forced labor prison camp system. Guests trickled in around 6…

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A slight oversight

If you look through the photos in our previous post, “Nearing the End of Construction,” you’ll notice all the photos have one thing in common: a lack of color. Yet, if you look through the original plans for the museum in the post “By Design,” you’ll notice that color, particularly the paint on the walls,…

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Nearing the end of construction

As the new year approaches, the walls of the Laogai Museum are standing and painted, the lights have been installed, and the drinking fountain has running water. All that’s missing is the exhibition. That latter part has been in the capable hands of Design Minds, who have worked with us to finalize the exhibition text,…

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Just keep building…

The daily transformations of the Laogai Museum are simply remarkable. As each wall goes up, the reopening of the museum comes closer to reality. Our new offices, on the floor above the museum, are (mostly) finished and our workday is now punctuated by the sound of hammering and drilling. Of course, it’s all worth it…