The Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience, in Seattle’s Chinatown International District, provides space for community meetings and events, public space for the neighborhood, theater space for performances and presentations, exhibit spaces for community art and emerging Asian Pacific American artists, family-centered learning environments and leadership development for neighborhood youth.
Photo: Lara Swimmer
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
Seattle, Washington
Wonderland: Shaking Up Reality at [storefront] Olson Kundig
Seattle, Washington
Wine Vessel Exhibit, Mission Hill Family Estate Winery
West Kelowna, Canada
Team
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Stephen Yamada-Heidner
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Debbie Kennedy
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Misun Chung Gerrick
Awards
2010
Chicago Athenaeum American Architecture Awards, American Architecture Award
2009
AIA Seattle Honor Awards, Honor Award
Great Places Awards (Environmental Design Research, Places and Metrolpolis), Place Design Award
Historic Seattle Preservation Awards, Best Adaptive Reuse
International Interior Design Association, Interior Design Award
2008
Northwest Design Awards, First Place: Unusual Spaces
Publications
2021
Castleman, Amanda. “3 Fascinating Seattle Museums: MoPOP and More .” AARP Blogs, 6 Oct. 2021. Web.
2011
“Wing Luke Asian Museum.” C3 Magazine, Jan. 2011, 152-155. Print.
2009
“ARTchitecture: The World of Museums – the best buildings for art in focus.” Hinge Vol. 166, 2009, 50-51. Print.
Pearson, Clifford. “Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen turns the prosaic into the memorable at the Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle.” Architectural Record, June 2009, 68-73. Print.
2008
“Débuts: Wing Luke Asian Museum.” Museum Magazine, Sept. 2008, 23. Print.
Farr, Sheila. “Wing Luke Asian Museum: A Museum’s Metamorphosis.” The Seattle Times, 25 May 2008, L10. Print.
Lee, Evelyn. “The Beautifully Adapted Wing Luke Asian Museum.” Inhabitat, 27 Oct. 2008. Web.
Rothstein, Edward. “Seattle Asian Museum Moves Around the Corner and Into Its Identity.” The New York Times, 31 May 2008. Print.