Wing Luke Museum

I’m into Asian culture, it’s pretty cool. The displays are impressive and captivating. There was lots to see it talked a lot about the importation history and what only life was like for that culture coming to America.

Tour is the best part — get to visit the hotel upstairs as well as view a Chinese shop with actual food items prior closing. Tour guide is excellent — kept the talk serious and factual. Wish there were more actual artefacts from Wing Luke, who is named for the museum. Also Bruce Lee story was brief.

This museum is bigger than it appears to be from the outside. There is a lot of reading but it is still engaging and interactive. Not interactive as in screens and buttons. This museum encourages visitors to be part of the art via stations that pose a question along with a means to answer. Those means include drawing, writing a message or sharing a story and dressing up in traditional attire. Then future visitors get to see what you left behind. We took the 1:30 tour with Hana as our guide. Do not miss the tours they offer. You get completely unique experience via the tour. Hana did a great job of immersing us in the world that once was Seattle’s asian immigrant community via her story telling and the connections she was able to tie to the building or artifacts. This museum is in Chinatown, but is focused on more than Chinese immigrants in Seattle. I learned a lot and I plan to return.

Beautiful and educational museum with stories about immigrants from many countries in Asia, their stories, sometimes very personal and detailed. …

Having lived in Seattle for several years, we have never had the chance to visit the Wing Luke Museum. We were finally able to last week, and it did not disappoint. Our visit during the weekday allowed us to view every exhibit without too much of a crowd. This is housed in a beautifully preserved former hotel. The museum covers many different Asian American, Pacific Islander, and Native Hawaiian cultures. We were able to view their special exhibits, including DISplay, Ten Thousand Things, and The Sky is a Diasporic Space. I was highly impressed by their exhibits and their diversity, featuring several different histories and cultures. We did not have enough time to take the free tour and plan to do so when they rotate new exhibits. This is a must-experience when you are visiting ID. Since it is located in ID, parking is limited to street parking.