rss feedWing Luke Asian Museum changes name, adding Asian Pacific American Experience
The Seattle museum named after Wing Luke has changed its name. Photo source: Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience via Facebook.
The Wing Luke Asian Museum, one of Seattle’s most well-known institutions, changed its name, representatives announced Wednesday.
It is now the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience – and has taken “The Wing” as a shorter version.
Museum Executive Director Beth Takekawa explained the change in a statement:
As the decade begins, the 43-year old Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience has entered a new world….Having opened the doors of a major building expansion and lived in it for two years, we have welcomed 50,000 visitors in our first year and are on track to bring in at least that many in our second year. Living in a world of 50,000 visitors is a 350 percent increase over our previous highest visitation years of 13,000-15,000. Our newly populated world has confronted our institution and the Asian Pacific American communities whose stories we tell, with a real opportunity to engage and interact deeply with the American public and culture.
As part of the expanded name, the museum also unveiled a new logo on its Web site.
On Saturday, the museum will celebrate the 100th birthday of its current home in the East Kong Yick Building in Seattle’s International District.
The museum’s old logo can be seen in the announcement below.
Wing Luke was the first Asian American to hold elected office in the Pacific Northwest, according to his biography posted on the musem’s Web site.
He served on the Seattle City Council.
