[2][3] Although it suffered a damaging fire in 2008, it reopened its renovated quarters, the Raymond B.

[4] CAMOC is governed by the Board of Directors of the Chinatown Museum Foundation (CMF), a 501(C)(3) non-profit corporation located in Chicago, Illinois.

Raymond B. Lee, whose family ran a food wholesale business in the museum building, donated $660,000 to buy the building to start the museum.

Lee, who as a teen slept on the third floor, has donated another $250,000 for renovations since the fire.

The 2021 Chinese New Year Celebration went virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic.