Chinese Canadian Museum to open on the 100th anniversary of Chinese Exclusion Act
“At a time when anti-Asian racism has reverberated across North America and beyond, the museum’s work is a powerful reminder of the importance of educating and celebrating the contributions of diverse communities, who have helped shaped Canada’s history and identity,” she said.
Lee said the museum’s first national exhibition is The Paper Trail, which highlights the history of the Exclusion Act. It not only effectively reduced immigration from China between 1923 and 1947 to less than 100 people, but also contributed to the decline of many Chinese settlements across British Columbia. Only Vancouver and Victoria’s Chinatowns retained their character, according to historian Jean Barman’s The West Beyond the West: A History of British Columbia.
Still uncertain is whether the federal government will come to the table. Grace Wong, chair of the Chinese Canadian Museum Society of B.C., invited other levels of government to contribute, a point Popham echoed. B.C. first announced its commitment to the museum in 2019, providing the City of Vancouver with a $1-million grant to support planning and programming. In 2020, B.C. provided an $8-million endowment to establish the Chinese Canadian Museum Society and $2 million to complete planning and initial development. In 2022, B.C. spent $25.5 million for the purchase of the Wing Sang Building, the oldest building in Vancouver’s Chinatown.
Chinese Canadian Museum Society of BC also plans to launch a significant fundraising campaigning on top of already existing donations.
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