Past Exhibitions
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July 1, 2023 – July 28, 2024
Odysseys and Migration
Chinese Canadian Museum
This exhibition recounts some of the unique journeys that are in Chinese Canadian history from the 18th century to the present day.
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April 19, 2025 — September 30, 2025
A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia — Cowichan
BC Forest Discovery Centre, Cowichan, B.C.
This award-winning exhibition explores historical and contemporary stories of Chinese Canadians in B.C. and their struggles for belonging.
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May 28, 2025 – August 23, 2026
Dream Factory: Cantopop Mandopop 1980s-2000
2nd Floor, Feature Exhibition
From soaring ballads to pop idols, this immersive exhibition explores how Canada played a surprising but vital role in shaping a cultural phenomenon.
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October 15, 2025 — May 10, 2026
Montréal Chinois: The Lost Decades / Les décennies perdues Photography 1945–1960s
Chinese Canadian Museum
Step into a side of Montreal you’ve never seen. This exhibition unveils a rarely seen archive of Chinese Canadian life from 1945 to the 1960s, sourced from the McCord Stewart Museum.
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A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia
Hon Hsing Building, Vancouver
Welcome to A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia, the inaugural project of the Chinese Canadian Museum.
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Seeds to Success: Story of the H.Y. Louie Family + A Tale of Two Families
Hon Hsing Building, Vancouver
Montréal Chinois: The Lost Decades / Les décennies perdues Photography 1945–1960s January 1, 2026 – January 31, 2026 Vancouver, BC The Chinese Canadian Museum launched two new exhibitions at our temporary location in Vancouver Chinatown in May 2022. “Seeds to Success: Story of the H.Y. Louie Family”, curated by Sarah Ling and produced by the…
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June 2024
Victoria in the Time of Exclusion
Victoria Chinatown Museum
The “Victoria in the Time of Exclusion” exhibition examines what happened to the Chinese, particularly those living in Victoria during the dismal exclusion years (1923-1947)
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July 1, 2023 – January 5, 2025
The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act
Vancouver
An exhibition commemorating 100 years since the passing of the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada
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April 17, 2025 – May 3, 2026
Odysseys and Migration — Victoria
Royal BC Museum, Victoria, B.C.
Explore the Chinese-Indigenous relations since 1788 to the multiple migration waves between Hong Kong and Vancouver, to 20th-21st-century migrations from countries across the world.
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A Seat at the Table: Chinese Immigration and British Columbia — Nanaimo
Nanaimo Museum, Nanaimo, B.C.
This award-winning exhibition explores historical and contemporary stories of Chinese Canadians in B.C. and their struggles for belonging.
