SCHOOL VISITS & PARTNERSHIPS
Wing Luke Museum creates programs for kindergarten classes through graduate-level students. Inquire about our experiences that inspire curiosity about American history and dialogue in the classroom and beyond.
SCHOOL TOURS
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TOUCH OF CHINATOWN
Explore one of Seattle’s oldest historic neighborhoods, the ever-changing Chinatown-International District. The history of this neighborhood offers students a chance to understand the relationship between ethnic communities and their environments.
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BRUCE LEE
Students may not realize that Bruce Lee’s life, experiences, and philosophy remain a vital part of personal empowerment and pop culture today. He fought against stereotypes and sought to transform the way society could accept a Chinese American.
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NEW YEAR’S ALL YEAR ROUND
Our annual Lunar New Year tours take students on a fun-filled exploration of the museum or the neighborhood. With themes and activities tailored for each grade level, these tours can include an interactive story, game, crafts and lunch in addition to the museum or neighborhood tour. Bring your students, and share in the new year traditions.
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GALLERY IMMERSION
The Wing Luke Museum opens four to six new exhibits every year. Our education team can customize gallery tours into one or more exhibitions, guiding students to experience history, current events, contemporary art, and interactive activities. Gallery tours can also be added to neighborhood or historic immersion tours.
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BITTER & SWEET
The official tour of the bestselling novel Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Students explore the Canton Alley apartment of Henry Lee. Visit Japantown and get a glimpse of the Panama Hotel as students delve into Keiko’s neighborhood prior to her incarceration. This tour gives students a real-life look at the locations present in Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet.
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POETRY, VOICE & DETENTION
Language arts, history, social studies, and humanities educators - enhance your poetry lessons with an exploration of verse, spanning from Angel Island and Chinese immigrants to the emotional verses of imprisoned Japanese Americans. Students reflect on simple expressions of humanity, anger and compassion within the halls of Seattle's former INS building.
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HISTORIC NIHONMACHI
Explore Nihonmachi (Japantown), one of our three neighborhoods within Seattle's Chinatown-International District. Enter historical buildings, engage with public art, and visit a pocket garden to meet the Murakami family in 1936 Japantown. While the course of American history irrevocably changed the neighborhood, come experience today’s revival!
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HISTORIC IMMERSION
Immerse your students in history itself. Students engage in discussions of push-pull factors, relate the history of immigration to current events, and step fully into the lives of laborers, merchants and families. It's fun and educational for students of all ages to walk through an important time in Pacific Northwest history. Includes exploration of an historic 1910 storefront.
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SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
Get the most out of your and your students’ educational experience with Wing Luke Museum through our year-long partnerships. Our partnerships are comprehensive school year-long programs starting with teacher professional development and coaching, classroom-to-museum curriculum integration, and student visits to the museum, which can be followed up with direct parent engagement. We have been partnering with schools and with districts including Highline Public Schools for several years, working, for example, with its entire 4th grade during the school year and its incoming middle school students during the summer.
Individual public schools and independent schools have worked with us to integrate curriculum, coaching, training, and field trips into all their grade levels and support their ELA, Social Studies, Humanities, Ethnic Studies, and Race Equity programs. We also work with college-level and graduate-level programs at several universities in academic areas, such as social work, public health, history, urban development, American Ethnic Studies, public policy, architecture, and museology.
This longer-term, deeper relationship between the museum and schools creates a more positive experience for teachers and students, with students arriving more prepared to dialogue, analyze history and explore. Teachers have expressed appreciation for how this program has made the connection to Common Core easier. During each school year, we welcome the opportunity to partner with your school and the greater community that supports your institution. We recognize that a full package may seem like a large commitment and may even be outside of some school budgets. However, we aim to provide as many learning opportunities as possible and design a partnership that better fits your school’s needs.