Head to the museum from June 1st to 30th to learn about Chinese Canadians on Vancouver Island and to join the Nanaimo Museum Summer Club!
Open Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm for the month of June.
Get your hands on archival material at the touch station and complete your visit with a scavenger hunt in the permanent exhibit.
When you complete the scavenger hunt you will be an official member of the Nanaimo Museum Summer Club and earn your limited-edition button! Check out the design below.
This month’s design showcases the dragon head that was displayed on the front of the Wong brothers’ boat for the World Championship Bathtub Race in 1968.
“The eyes had light bulbs that were connected to a car battery and would flash. Smoke shot out of its nostrils.” – Chuck Wong (1919-2003)
The Wong brothers opened the Diners Rendezvous Restaurant in 1953 and it operated until 2000. Check out menus from the Diners Rendezvous in the touch station.
There are three buttons to collect, so visit each month to collect them all!
Learn about the experience of Chinese Canadians in BC’s past through Dr. Imogene Lim’s family story. From her grandfather’s arrival in Victoria in 1890 and the impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on her father, to why Dr. Lim calls herself a “noisy descendant”. Dr. Lim’s story will be on display in the gallery, admission by donation.
Dr. Lim has collected hundreds of menus from Chinese restaurants in Canada and the United States to remind people that Chinese Canadians established themselves early on in communities—with the restaurant becoming a place of memories and stories.
Dr. Lim’s menu collection has been digitized and is available online through the VIU Library Special Collections. Menus from the Diners Rendezvous in Nanaimo will be available at the program touch station until September 5th.
Head to the museum from July 1st to 31st to learn about Coal Mining in Nanaimo and to join the Nanaimo Museum Summer Club!
Get your hands on mining artifacts at the touch station and complete your visit with a scavenger hunt in the Coal Mine exhibit by lantern light.
When you complete the scavenger hunt you will be an official member of the Nanaimo Museum Summer Club and earn your limited-edition button! Check out the design below.
Coal Mining in Nanaimo is available Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 4pm for the month of July.
There are three buttons to collect, so visit each month to collect them all!
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