Wing Luke Museum

Seattle’s Wing Luke Museum grew from Wing Luke’s early-1960s push to preserve the Chinatown-International District’s history as the neighborhood changed. Founded in 1967 after his death, it evolved from a small storefront focused on Asian folk art into the nation’s only pan-Asian Pacific American community-based museum and a Smithsonian affiliate. Its current home, the 1910 East Kong Yick Building, links exhibitions with preserved historic immigrant interiors. With more than 18,000 items and shows developed with community participation, it has earned national recognition while documenting Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, and many other Asian Pacific American experiences. It remains a major institution in Seattle for preserving and debating that history.

Seattle, Washington · United States