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Help us purchase collections care equipment

We need your help to ensure that we can continue taking care of these materials that hold important stories of Chinese Australian culture and history. Donate now to enable us in keeping these stories alive!
Chinese Museum Annual General Meeting 2021

On Tuesday, 12th October 2021, the Museum of Chinese Australian History held its Annual General Meeting via Zoom and elected new Board Members.
Family Murmurings

Explore memories of the mid-century Australian Chinese community through art by Nancy Liang, inspired by Ken Chan’s fictions. Step into the art in VR, constructed by Oliver Clifton.
Christmas at the Chinese Museum

Celebrate Christmas with free admission to the Chinese Museum all day on 19th December 2021, 10am - 7pm. Lantern making & calligraphy demonstrations also available.

Dragon Tails Conferences
Saving Australia’s Early Chinese Memories, 2010-2013

Ten Chinese Australians were recorded during an interview that asked them to recall life in Australia during the White Australia period, prior to the more recent waves of immigration from the 1970s. We are lucky to have these stories, as those who can remember this period in Australia’s history are becoming fewer with every year.
Language, A Key to Survival: Cantonese-English Phrasebooks in Australia, 2012-2013
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
One Million Stories

LOCATION & OPENING HOURS

We are temporarily closed due to the snap 5 day lock down. We can't wait to re-open again, 10am-4pm, everyday, except public holidays. Located at 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC Australia 3000.
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Current employment opportunities at the Chinese Museum
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Mid-Autumn Festival Schools Program

The Mid-Autumn Festival Education Program explores moon legends and traditional practices such as lantern making, riddle guessing, moon cake making and Chinese tea ceremony. Excursions and incursions available.
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The Chinese Museum’s building, located in the heart of Chinatown, was built by the Cohen Bros. in 1890 and used originally as a furniture warehouse. It was acquired in 1984 by the Victorian State Government to enable the establishment of a Museum to provide the heritage and cultural foundation for Melbourne’s Chinatown.
ADULT GROUP TOURS

Guided Museum Tours for Adult Groups. Combine with a tour of Melbourne's Chinatown or a Yum Cha lunch.
VENUE HIRE

The Chinese Museum has multiple galleries / space for hire, suitable for exhibitions, parties, dinners, talks and many other functions. All proceeds from venue hires go towards furthering our mission of communicating the Chinese-Australian story and promoting multiculturalism
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