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Victoria Chinatown Museum Society

In early 2020, we formed the Victoria Chinatown Museum Society to honour the history, culture and contribution of Chinese Canadians. We want to tell a story, the story of how we lived and what our ancestors had to go through to get to today.

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Awakening Chinatown 2025

Sunday, May 25th, Noon to 5:30pm, in Victoria’s Historic Chinatown.

Fan Tan Alley Museum is now being operated by the VCMS

The Board of Directors of the Victoria Chinatown Museum Society (VCMS) is proud to announce the temporary exhibit in Fan Tan Alley will now be a permanent museum and re-named the Victoria Chinatown Museum.

BC’s Lieutenant Governor Becomes Honourary Patron of the New Victoria Chinatown Museum

The Board of Directors of the Victoria Chinatown Museum Society (VCMS) is proud to announce the temporary exhibit in Fan Tan Alley will now be a permanent museum and re-named the Victoria Chinatown Museum. VCMS will take over operations from the Chinese Canadian Museum Society on October 1, 2024.

Things to do with kids around Victoria

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Awakening Chinatown 2024

Presented by RBC, on Sunday May 26th, Noon – 5pm, in Victoria’s Historic Chinatown. This year…

Fan Tan Alley Museum

Fan Tan Alley
10 Fan Tan Alley, Victoria, BC V8W 1W3

HOURS

Thursday – Sunday

11:00 am – 5:00 pm

(Open all statutory Monday holidays)

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Peering into the Past

Chinatowns, located throughout the Americas and other continents, are important sites of tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Today, they face myriad changes and crises, including balancing new urban developments, gentrification, population shifts, and the preservation of historical architecture and aura.

Gallery

The images in this gallery come courtesy of the City of Victoria archive. The photos cronical the esteemed history of Victoria’s Chinatown.

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“As the first generation of Chinese Canadians to be born in Victoria, I feel it is important to share the legacy of our ancestors. It was through their hard work and perseverance that has granted us the freedoms and opportunities that we enjoy today. This museum will honour our culture and our ancestors.”

Alan Lowe

Chairman