Laogai Museum founder and director Harry Wu spoke on Thursday to students enrolled in American University’s Washington Semester program, giving his life story and an overview of the appalling human rights situation in China, before they received a tour of the Museum. Some of the student’s home universities were American, but most were European. For Washington…
In Memory of the Victims of the Laogai
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Harry Wu speaks to Emerson Prep students on human rights
Laogai Research Foundation founder and executive director Harry Wu and shared his story with 7 students of Emerson Preparatory School, after they received a tour of the Laogai Museum. The high school students were enrolled in an honors seminar entitled “International Human Rights: History, Ideas, and Practices”. The visit was designed as part of their midterm…
Press Conference: Chinese Dissident Yu Jie Speaks Out
On Wednesday, January 18th, the Laogai Research Foundation will host a press conference at The National Press Club for Chinese dissident writer Yu Jie. The press conference will give Yu a chance to address the media with his story of imprisonment and torture, his family’s life under year-long house arrest and 24-hour surveillance, and their…
October News
Hello everybody! October has been a busy month, and we at the Laogai Museum are happy to say that we have been visited by several student groups this fall. The tour groups, which have ranged from high school freshman to Annapolis Naval Academy language students, came to our new Dupont Circle location to gain a…
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…
Installation Has Begun!
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,…
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,…
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…
Breaking Ground
At the new Laogai Museum, building begins as walls are framed and plumbing is repaired