The Magic of Tony Eng exhibit was a favourite of visitors and volunteers. Tony Eng, magician extraordinaire, touched the lives of Victoria’s many communities. He was a mentor, teacher and role model. The Victoria Chinatown Museum Society was proud to share some of his legacy and family story.
Creating innovative ‘living museum’ spaces in Chinatown 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. The Peering into the Past study documented the […]
This award-winning exhibition explored historical and contemporary stories of Chinese Canadians in BC and their struggles for belonging. Using food and restaurant culture as an entry point, the stories in the exhibit highlighted the great diversity of immigrant experiences and of the communities that immigrants develop. The exhibition featured interactive story panels, videos and audio […]
