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Mai Wah Museum to Open for Summer 2022 Season

The Mai Wah Society is excited to announce its museum and gift shop will open for the Summer 2022 season

Mai Wah President Pat Munday’s grad student, Ding Kedan (丁科丹) aka “Betty” writes about the upcoming Spring Festival/New Year celebration.

By Richard I. Gibson The digital poster I made to announce Butte Chinese Heritage Week (June 23-29, 2014) and our

By Richard I. Gibson On February 12, 1896, Dr. Huie Pock and another prominent Chinaman, Tom Lee, gave a dinner

This location is featured in a virtual walking tour of Butte’s Chinatown on HistoryPin. By Richard I. Gibson Mon Tow, a self-proclaimed

By Richard I. Gibson Translation by Siwen Liu The Immortal Flower in the Wah Chong Tai Mercantile is from the

By Richard I. Gibson High platform shoes called chopines were popular in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. They

By Richard I. Gibson Dr. Lamb was a prominent Chinese physician in Butte from about 1902-1929, probably second only to

By Richard I. Gibson 保皇會 The Digging Butte’s Chinatown exhibit has been on display for three years – but

June 15, 2013, the Grand Reopening of the Wah Chong Tai Mercantile at the Mai Wah Museum was a very