Chinese Canadian Museum

Vancouver, British Columbia

The Chinese Canadian Museum is Canada’s first museum to honour the contributions, history, heritage, and the rich and diverse stories of past, present, and future Chinese Canadians.

Through its exhibitions and educational programming, held at the museum and throughout B.C. and Canada, the museum showcases the diversity of the Chinese Canadian diaspora and heralds cultural experiences and connections to significant Chinese Canadian historical perspectives and modern-day narratives, and the community’s contribution to the nation.

The museum opened on July 1, 2023, in the historic Wing Sang building in Vancouver’s Chinatown, coinciding with the centennial of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Its powerful feature opening exhibition, The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act curated by Catherine Clement, marks the 100^th anniversary of the Act, taking an unflinching look at Canada’s important but often-forgotten exclusion years, which lasted until 1947.

Since its founding as an independent, non-profit charitable organization in March 2020, the museum has presented six featured exhibitions at its main location and its two temporary sites in Vancouver and Victoria and offered numerous in-person and online programs to communities across Canada.

The Chinese Canadian Museum is an important cultural asset that educates the public about the significant contributions of Chinese Canadians and celebrates our shared history as Canadians, ultimately helping build a stronger nation.