How did Southeast Asian refugees build new lives in Seattle after war and displacement? What do the archives reveal-and what’s still missing from our collective memory?
Join 2025 MOHAI Curator’s Fellow Thanh Tân for an evening of reflection and discovery as she shares findings from her research into the museum’s archives. Through rarely seen photographs, newspaper clippings, and community documents from the 1970s and 1980s, this program reexamines the early resettlement years of Southeast Asian immigrants and refugees in the Seattle area following the Vietnam War.
Where: Museum of History and Industry, 860 Terry Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
When: Tuesday, October 21 at 7:00 PM
Interpreters: Amie Pease & Tami Berk
ID: Vintage map of King County set as background, with several black and white photographs of Asian people scattered across the flyer, each photograph has a solid yellow background. From Left to Right: top picture shows an Asian family smiling, bottom shows two Asian people praying. In middle top, shows an Asian teacher teaching to classroom. Bottom picture shows an Asian woman dressed up to nines and smiling. Right top picture shows a group of children gathered around table and the bottom picture shows an Asian person trimming the bush.