Kam Wah Chung Museum

John Day, OR, US / OR

Location Description

museum in historic trading post which served as the center for the Eastern Oregon Chinese community until the 1940s; built in 1887 to serve as a stocking up place for the large population of Chinese and American miners, the museum has historic eastern and western goods as well as an herbal medicine clinic and a small shrine; a very neat mix of historic eastern and western goods; plain stone and wood exterior; open to the public May through October

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