Past Exhibitions

  • 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.

  • 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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  • Chinese Canadian Museum | Wing Sang Building
    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.

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