Additional Resources
Walking Tour
On Thursday, September 21, 2017, Artist Zhi Lin and Chuck Morrison of the Tacoma Historical Society led a walking tour teaching of the lost histories of the Chinese migrants and former residents, with sites of historical significance in downtown Tacoma. View the map and take your own tour here.
Web Resources
- Teacher Resources on Chinese Exclusion Act from the Washington State History Museum
- Chinese Exclusion Act by CAAM—Center for Asian American Media
- Chinese Railroad Workers in North America Project at Stanford University by Gordon Chang and Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Blog and Media Links
- “Rail Ballast as an Art Medium” from the Washington Rock Quarries blog
- “Confronting Tacoma’s Complex History Through Art” by Travel Tacoma blog
- “Historians Still Uncovering Details of 150-Year-Old Chinese Railroad Strike” by Elizabeth Lee of VOA News
- Zhi LIN: In Search of the Lost History of Chinese Migrants and the Transcontinental Railroads Press Kit
Books
- Forbidden Citizens: Chinese Exclusion and the US Congress by Martin Gold
- Escape to Gold Mountain: An Immigrant Story by David H.T. Wong
- Coming Home in Gold Brocade: Chinese in Early Northwest America by Bennet Bronson and Chuimei Ho
- Chinese in Washington State by Art and Doug Chin
- Reflections of Seattle’s Chinese Americans: The First 100 Years by Ron Chew and Cassie Chinn
Videos and Documentaries
- “Of Race and Reconciliation” Emmy-nominated documentary produced by KBTC
- “Massacre in Hell’s Canyon” documentary produced by Kami Horton of OPB
- “Ancestors in America – #1” and “Ancestors in America – #2” documentaries produced by Lonnie Ding of PBS
Local and Regional Organizations
- Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
- Chinese Reconciliation Project Foundation
- Asia Pacific Cultural Center
- Friends of Asian Art Association
- Organization of Chinese Americans—Greater Seattle Chapter
- Chinese American Citizens Alliance—Seattle
Other Institutions
Artists
Tacoma Art Museum has a number of works in the permanent collection by contemporary Asian American artists like Roger Shimomura, Mian Situ, Patti Warashina, Akio Takamori, and Bi Wei Liang. Peruse the TAM eMuseum even when the galleries are closed.
Past exhibitions featuring such artists include:
- Northwest in the West: Exploring Our Roots
May 10, 2014 – January 10, 2016 - Art of the American West: The Haub Family Collection Inaugural Exhibition
November 15, 2014 – October 18, 2015 - Roger Shimomura—An American Knockoff
June 20 – September 13, 2015 - The Secret Language of Animals
January 23 – June 27, 2010 - Between Clouds of Memory: The Ceramic Art of Akio Takamori
June 10 – October 8, 2006