Portland Chinatown Museum

Portland Chinatown Museum Honoring Portland Chinatown's Past, Celebrating its Present, and Helping to Create its Future.

The Portland Chinatown History Foundation (initially called the Portland Chinatown History and Museum Foundation) was formed in late 2013 and was granted its 501c3 status as a charitable organization in May 2014. Its volunteer board and supporters are Chinese Americans who were raised, worked in or owned property or businesses in Portland’s Chinatown. Some of them are third and fourth generation C

hinese American Portlanders. The organization’s roots go back to 1999 when, as the founder of the Old Town History Project, Jacqueline Peterson-Loomis began a multiethnic project involving oral history, walking tours, public art installations and exhibitions in Old Town Chinatown. The Old Town History Project was a collaboration with elders and members of the Chinese, Nikkei, Greek, and Jewish communities who had lived and or worked in Old Town Chinatown. The hope then was to develop a museum that would tell the story of Portland’s early ethnic history. The Portland Chinatown History Foundation hopes to open Portland’s first full service museum devoted to collecting, preserving, and interpreting for the general public the stories of Portland’s Chinatown. Our work and our museum focus on Chinatown as a collection of historic buildings and as a meaningful geography of work, play, and memory. We focus on the histories of place, peoples, and the community’s rich cultural traditions as part of the fabric of Portland.

https://www.orartswatch.org/telling-tales-of-portlands-chinatown/Join PCM and MediaRites this Sunday, May 31, at 1:00 pm...
05/28/2026

https://www.orartswatch.org/telling-tales-of-portlands-chinatown/

Join PCM and MediaRites this Sunday, May 31, at 1:00 pm for an afternoon of stories and snacks!

The latest -Ism Storytellers Project from MediaRites features stories from Chinese-American elders, highlighted in this special presentation curated and hosted by Roberta Wong. Hear stories from two pairs of siblings who will tell stories about a Portland Chinatown that no longer exists due to gentrification and the displacement of Chinese American residents to outer Portland: siblings Melvin Lee and Frances Lee Perkins, and siblings Barbara Janac and Ronald Wong.

This event is free, no rsvp required. Refreshments will be served.

Portland Chinatown Museum and The –Ism Project will present stories of the city's Chinese American population. Plus: The season-ending night of stories from Solo Speak.

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! If you’re looking for opportunities to learn and celebrate why this month is important, join ...
05/24/2026

Happy AAPI Heritage Month! If you’re looking for opportunities to learn and celebrate why this month is important, join PCM and MediaRites on Sunday, May 31, for “Remembering Chinatown: Chinese American Elder Oral Histories.”

Their latest -Ism Storytellers Project features stories from Chinese-American elders, highlighted in this special presentation curated and hosted by Roberta Wong. Hear stories from two pairs of siblings who will tell stories about a Portland Chinatown that no longer exists due to gentrification and the displacement of Chinese American residents to outer Portland: siblings Melvin Lee and Frances Lee Perkins, and siblings Barbara Janac and Ronald Wong.

This event is free, no rsvp required. Refreshments will be served.

Event time: May 31st at 1pm at the Portland Chinatown Museum

https://www.pcs.org/kristina-wong-foodbankinfluencerComing up at Portland Center Stage at the Armory: In a SNAPpy (Suppl...
05/21/2026

https://www.pcs.org/kristina-wong-foodbankinfluencer

Coming up at Portland Center Stage at the Armory:

In a SNAPpy (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that is!) musical comedy like no other, Kristina Wong, self-proclaimed gives us a karaoke fueled education on America’s emergency food system. After experiencing the lacking food distribution from New York to the Navajo Nation, Kristina Wong returns, as only she can, with this hilariously irreverent examination of food insecurity, government assistance, and grassroot solutions to global issues.

Click on the link below for performance times and tickets!

In a SNAPpy (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, that is!) musical comedy like no other, Kristina Wong, self-proclaimed gives us a…

Looking for a fun activity to do with Mom this Sunday? Celebrate Mother’s Day with Mahjong and Chinese American history!...
05/06/2026

Looking for a fun activity to do with Mom this Sunday? Celebrate Mother’s Day with Mahjong and Chinese American history! Every second Sunday of the month, the mahjong tables are set up for play from 11 am to 3 pm at the Portland Chinatown Museum. Free instruction is provided with the price of admission, and all levels are welcome.

PCM Admission:

Adults: $8

Seniors: $6

Students & Educators: $5

Children under 12: Free

Coming up on Saturday, May 2! Please join the Portland Chinatown Museum and the Creative and Emerging Technology Institu...
04/25/2026

Coming up on Saturday, May 2!

Please join the Portland Chinatown Museum and the Creative and Emerging Technology Institute (CETI) for the celebratory launch of CETI’s AR (augmented reality) pop-up book, “XRchive: (Hi)stories and Visions of Block 14 at Lone Fir Cemetery,” an adaptation of the location-based immersive experiences.

“XRchive: (Hi)stories of Block 14” is a reflection, a remembrance, and an XR (hi)storytelling of the Chinese community buried at Lone Fir Cemetery.

The book launch will be held on May 2, 2026, 11 AM–3PM at the Portland Chinatown Museum, as part of our programming for Oregon Rises Above Hate. It is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council and the Arts Access Fund. Click on the link below to learn more!

https://ceti.institute/event/xrchive-block-14-book-launch/

It was a full house at the Oregon Historical Society on Saturday for Kristin Wong’s “Portland’s Chinatowns” book talk! T...
04/20/2026

It was a full house at the Oregon Historical Society on Saturday for Kristin Wong’s “Portland’s Chinatowns” book talk! Thank you to everyone who joined us for this special look at the history of Portland Chinatown, and to Kristin Wong for a wonderful presentation.

Copies of the book are available in the PCM gift shop. If you missed her April 18 event, you can catch Kristin Wong again on May 16 at the Architectural Heritage Center.

Join the Oregon Historical Society and the Portland Chinatown Museum on Saturday, April 18, for a book talk highlighting...
04/09/2026

Join the Oregon Historical Society and the Portland Chinatown Museum on Saturday, April 18, for a book talk highlighting the history of Portland’s Chinatowns with author Kristin Wong.

“Portland’s Chinatowns” from Arcadia Publishing presents a vivid visual history, tracing the neighborhoods’ cultural legacy through photographs spanning from the mid-19th century to the present.
This event starts at 3 pm at the Oregon Historical Society, and is free and open to the public. Click on the link below to learn more:
https://www.ohs.org/events/portlands-chinatowns-book-talk.cfm

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127 NW Third Avenue
Portland, OR
97209

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Thursday 11am - 3am
Friday 11am - 3pm
Saturday 11am - 3pm
Sunday 11am - 3pm

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