The museum saw over 600 visitors attend our Dragon Boat Festival Open Day on the 5th of June. Read more
We are excited to announce a new Education Program that aims to empower young people to learn strategies to minimise the effects of bullying, prejudice and discrimination. Read more
The Chinese Museum launched The Arts Collective on the 27th of March 2022 to invigorate the creative expression of Chinese Australians. Watch the recording of the launch event here. Read more
Looking for something to do in Melbourne? Our museum is open daily, from 10am-4pm. Read more
The Commissariat Store Museum in Brisbane is hosting a conference which examines the unique contribution that Chinese Australians have made to the early development, influence and shaping of the Queensland society and economy. Read more
Thank you to the many Victorians who came out to support the inaugural 2022 Melbourne Chinatown Multicultural Celebration on Sunday 1st May! The Museum was open free of charge on the day, and we welcomed close to 700 people through our doors! Read more
Our 6 week long We Are Strong Within program has now come to an end. See the highlights and a full webinar of the seminar here. Read more
The Family Murmurings exhibition team were delighted to host their launch party on 3rd March 2022 and celebrate with guests, the artists and the Museum team. Read more
Chinese Museum's New Mascot Meet our new mascot! We need a name for him. Can you help us? Read more
Our very own CEO of the Chinese Museum, Mark Wang has been featured in Victoria Together! Read more
We congratulate nine Chinese Australian recipients of 2022 Australia Day Honours. Read more
The Museum has made the difficult decision to cancel its 2022 CNY Open Day and festivities. This follows the Chinatown Precinct Association’s announcement that it will cancel its CNY festivities and Dragon Parade, Read more
We celebrated the reopening of Melbourne and welcomed over 200 visitors through our door on Sunday 19 Dec 2021. Read more
On Tuesday, 12th October 2021, the Museum of Chinese Australian History held its Annual General Meeting via Zoom and elected new Board Members. Read more
We are launching two new incursion programs, ‘Ah Chan: The Cabinet Maker’ and ‘We Are Strong Within’ extending our secondary schools’ engagement by addressing areas of the curriculum such as Drama and Performing Arts. Read more
The exhibition was launched on Monday 25th Oct 2021 in Nanjing, China by the Victorian Government officials and the Jiangsu Foreign Affairs Office. Read more
The Chinese Museum has embraced new technologies and software to make museum education more accessible and dynamic than ever before. Read more
On the 21st of October, the Chinese Museum Team and Supporters, came together virtually to celebrate the launch of Chinese Australian Achievers 2021. Read more
Our new CMS enables easy sharing of our collection records online. Information on nearly 2000 objects, photos, books, documents, and archival materials are now accessible to the public through the Museum’s CatalogIt Hub! Read more
We are delighted to introduce the members of the Museum’s Collection Development Advisory Group. Read more
All of our 2021 newsletters are now available in Chinese. Going forward, all of our newsletters will be published in English and Chinese. Read more
The Melbourne Food & Wine Festival has announced that, due to the uncertainty presented by the current COVID-19 situation, MFWF is unable to run its Winter Edition and Regional Edition in 2021. Read more
This year, CAFHOV hosted their Family History Day on Sunday 22 August 2021 via Zoom. Read more
Co-organised by Study Melbourne and Melbourne Writers Festival, this is a storytelling competition for onshore and offshore students to submit their stories in written or visual forms. Read more