Whether you call Vancouver home, a travel stop, or a vacation destination, be sure to add the new Chinese Canadian Museum to your list of unique and fun things to do in the downtown area.Newly opened on July 1, the Chinese Canadian Museum—the first of its kind in Canada—brings an elevated experience to Vancouver’s Chinatown.
Inside the four-storey building, heritage features and contemporary upgrades unite to provide a bright and spacious gallery that bring visitors back in time to learn about varying aspects of early life for many Chinese Canadians. The exhibition features an interactive world map for visitors to log their personal journeys, unique artifacts of the Chinese diaspora through migration, and a commissioned mural “The Journeys Here” by Marlene Yuen.
“Through the CIs, which were used to track Chinese Canadians across Canada during the Exclusion period, the Paper Trail probes the nature of paperwork and documentation over this contested terrain of history,” Lee says.