Image courtesy, UBC Chung Collection
The New Treasures: Artifacts of Chinese-Canadian life and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company exhibition is a new exhibit on display in the Chung Collection Exhibition room.
New Treasures is a new exhibition that features artifacts from Chinese-Canadian life such as kitchen utensils, apothecary items and more. It explores the immigration and settlement of Chinese-Canadian people in B.C.
The Chung Collection Exhibition room also has some new additions, including a model locomotive, built by a CPR engineer as a retirement project.
If you have never been to the collection, or even if you are a frequent visitor, it is time to explore the New Treasures of the Chung Collection!
Location: Level One of the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, inside Rare Books and Special Collections.
Open to the public Monday to Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Visit the Library website for the most up-to-date hours listing.
On until June 30, 2013.
About the Chung Collection
The Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection – a designated national treasure – was donated to the Library in 1999. Dr. Wallace Chung collected 25,000 items related to early B.C. history, immigration and settlement, and the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. The fascinating collection now resides in Rare Books and Special Collections in the Chung Collection Exhibition room.
Many of the materials have been digitized and are available online.
For more information visit chung.library.ubc.ca.