Tour Guide of Wing Luke Asian Museum Seattle

The Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle is located in the International District of Seattle. In the entire United States of America, it is the only Pan Asian Pacific American museum. The museum focuses on collecting and preserving photographs, artifacts, archives as well as oral histories related to culture, history and art of the Asian Pacific American community.

Though Wing Luke was a Chinese by birth, he spent most part of his life in the United States initially inducted in to the Military after an outstanding academic career. From the services, he moved back to the College and graduated with a B.A. in political science and public administration. During the college days, he was also a prominent leader for a number of campus activities. Later years found him in private practice as a Lawyer. Eventually, this lead to his appointment as the Assistant Attorney General for the State of Washington in the Civil Rights department. His focus on racial discrimination and the pioneering work in that direction brought about the 1963 ordinance on Open Housing which also contained punitive provisions against racial discrimination.

To preserve the tradition and culture of the Chinese and other immigrants from Asia, Wing founded the Wing Luke Asian Museum. Wing Luke's exemplary career came to an end in 1967 when he died in a tragic plane accident.

The museum is open Tuesday through Friday between 11.00 and 4.30 pm. On Saturdays and Sundays, the museum closes at 4 pm. On Mondays, the museum is closed. You will need about one and half hours to appreciate all that the museum presents. Exhaustive information on the origin of the museum, its founder and other relevant information can be found at http://www.wingluke.org/home.htm

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