Canada’s oldest Chinatown now has a everlasting area to inform its story.
What was supposed as a brief exhibit in Victoria’s Fan Tan Alley will now be made everlasting, and be named the Victoria Chinatown Museum.
The Victoria Chinatown Museum Society is now in search of provincial and federal funding so it could possibly increase the ability and share Chinese language Canadian historical past and tales with guests from B.C. and all over the world.
These efforts obtained a lift when B.C. Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin got here on board because the museum’s honourary patron.
“We consider our historical past is vital and now having her honour be our honourary patron signifies that everybody will perceive the significance of Chinese language Canadian historical past as Canadian historical past,” society chair Grace Wong Sneddon stated.
The museum first opened in 2021 and has hosted 100,000 guests since then.
