Chinese Museum, Melbourne

The Chinese Museum is a museum of Chinese Australian History with a charter to present the history of Australians of Chinese ancestry. It holds an extensive collection of Chinese clothing and textiles, photographs, documents, and artifacts that reflect the social fabric and activities of the Chinese community in Australia.

The Museum is also home to Dai Loong and the Millennium Dragon, the largest Chinese dragon in the world

Among the many exhibits and historical objects in the Chinese Museum, Melbourne, the following are some of the highlights:

• Quong Tart’s Tea House Sign

Chinese Museum, Melbourne

• Name:                      Chinese Museum, Melbourne
• City:                          Melbourne, Australia 
• Established:            1985
• Collection:               History Museum
• Location:                 22 Cohen Place, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

A Tour of Museums in Australia

• Museums in Sydney
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Australian Museum
  • Australian National Maritime Museum
  • Museum of Sydney
  • Powerhouse Museum
  • Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
  • Nicholson Museum
  • Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
  • Museum of Fire

• Museums in Melbourne
  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Shrine of Remembrance
  • Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
  • State Library of Victoria
  • National Sports Museum
  • Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
  • Old Melbourne Gaol
  • Chinese Museum, Melbourne
  • Jewish Museum of Australia

• Museums in Canberra
  • National Museum of Australia
  • National Gallery of Australia
  • Australian War Memorial
  • National Portrait Gallery

• Museums in Brisbane
  • Queensland Art Gallery
  • Queensland Museum & Science Centre
  • MacArthur Museum Brisbane
  • RD Milns Antiquities Museum
  • Queensland Maritime Museum
  • Commissariat Store, Brisbane
  • Queensland Police Museum

• Museums in Perth
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • WA Shipwrecks Museum
  • Perth Mint
  • WA Maritime Museum
  • Fremantle Prison

• Museums in Adelaide
  • Art Gallery of South Australia
  • South Australian Museum
  • Migration Museum, Adelaide

• Museums in Hobart
  • Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

• Museums in Darwin
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
  • Darwin Military Museum
  • Australian Aviation Heritage Centre

Australian Proverbs and Quotes

• Australian Proverbs and Quotes
• Australian Aboriginal Sayings and Quotes

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“A truly happy person is one who can enjoy the scenery on a detour.”
– Anon

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Photo Credit: JOM