Chinese Museum, Melbourne
 Main entrance to the Chinese Museum | |
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| Location | 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Type | History museum |
| Curator | Sophie Couchman |
| Website | http://www.chinesemuseum.com.au |
The Chinese Museum or Museum of Chinese Australian History is an Australian history museum located in Melbourne's Chinatown. The Museum was established in 1985 with a charter to present the history of Australians of Chinese ancestry. An extensive refurbishment funded by the Victorian Government was completed in 2010. Since then, the Museum has also acted as a Chinatown Visitor Centre.[1]
It holds an extensive collection of Chinese clothing and textiles, photographs, documents and artifacts that reflect the social fabric and activities of the Chinese community in Australia from the 1850s. The Museum is also home to Dai Loong and the Millennium Dragon, the largest Chinese dragon in the world.[2]
Notes
- ^ "Chinese Museum Profile 2012" (PDF). Museum of Chinese Australian History Incorporated. Retrieved 2013-06-19.
- ^ "Museum of Chinese Australian History". Collections Australia Network. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
References
External links
- Chinese Museum website.
- Chinese Museum on Facebook.
- Chinese-Australian Historical Images in Australia, which includes the Museum's photograph collection.
- Museum of Chinese Australian History on the Collections Australia Network (organisation identifier: 1275).
- Museum of Chinese Australian History on the National Library of Australia's Trove site (NLA party 783325).
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