COLLECTION THEMES

The Museum of Chinese Australian History has a collection of over eight thousand artefacts, photos, and records that help tell the stories, experiences, and cultural life of Australians with Chinese ancestry. Learn more about our collections through the themes below that describe Chinese arts, festivals, and beliefs as well as different elements of our community's history.

Gold Rush Collection

Chinese Museum Collections about the Gold Rush era in Australia Read more

Chinese Australian Families Collection

Community and Identity Collection

Traditional Chinese Practices Collection

A selection of objects from the Chinese Museum's Traditional Chinese Practices Collection Read more

Creative Arts Collection

Stories of Chinese Anzacs and Chinese-Australians of World War II

The exhibition explores a range of themes including Australian identity; belonging and exclusion and racial discrimination. The stories are based on research undertaken in close partnership with Veteran's descendants.
Two Chinese Stand-up Comedians Debut Their First Melbourne Comedy Festival Show

Two Chinese Stand-up Comedians Debut Their First Melbourne Comedy Festival Show
Year of the Ox Merch - Hurry whilst stocks last!

Our new Year of the Ox merch is now available in our giftshop, but hurry, only whilst stocks last!
Dark Tea 黑茶

Painted: The Immigrants' Self Portrait

‘Painted: The Immigrants' Self Portrait’ is an art and documentary series featuring immigrant families that uses the process of portraiture to explore the diaspora and definition of home for immigrant families.
LOCATION & OPENING HOURS

We are thrilled to re-open our doors again 10am-4pm, everyday. Closed Public Holidays. Located at 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, VIC Australia 3000.
ADMISSION

Museum admission tickets are purchased at the door.
United Nations declares May 21 as “International Tea Day”

The ritual of tea drinking brings happiness, harmony and well-being throughout the World. Celebrate this day with us and spread the good feeling! Visit the Chinese Museum next February and become immersed in Tea Culture at our TEA HEAVEN Exhibition - this promises to be a blissful experience!
Stories of Chinese Anzacs and Chinese-Australians of World War II

The exhibition explores a range of themes including Australian identity; belonging and exclusion and racial discrimination. The stories are based on research undertaken in close partnership with Veteran's descendants.
Year of the Ox Merch - Hurry whilst stocks last!

Our new Year of the Ox merch is now available in our giftshop, but hurry, only whilst stocks last!
Book Launch: For Honour and Country in 2021

This April, the Chinese Museum is to launch a new book "For Honour and Country" about Chinese Australians who served in WWII.
The Real Face of White Australia Transcription Project

The Real Face of White Australia is a series of projects aimed at increasing awareness and use of a powerful set of historical documents created in the administration of the White Australia Policy in the first half of the twentieth century.
Chinese Museum School Tour

Learn about Chinese migration to Australia, as well as the Han Dynasty and see the world’s largest processional dragon.
OUR VISION

To enrich the understanding of our community identity, to shape and embrace a harmonious society.