Southeast Asian Room

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In the 1970s and 80s immigrants from Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, and other Southeast Asian countries made their way to Iowa. This room is for them.

Some of the special features in this room consist of a Southeast Asian wedding chest and some Filipino baskets as well. Also in the room you'll find two Indonesian shadow-puppets, a gift given by Paul Marshall. Another fantastic feature of this room is the beautiful collection of Hmong needlework created by an Iowa woman named Susan Here. This elegant needlework represents the Hmong tribe's superb skill and precision in embroidery. Some of the cloths that you'll find in the room are referred to as "story cloths" and they were created by the Hmong to tell stories of war, migration, and resettlement.