Two museums within a block of one another in the vibrant Museum District of Tacoma, Washington, have current exhibits that provide illuminating historical context for the hot-topic conversation around how the United States should treat its immigrant populations.
On display at the Washington State History Museum are works created by a Japanese artist incarcerated at the Minidoka War Relocation Center during World War II. “Witness to Wartime: The Painted Diary of Takuichi Fujii,” runs through January 1, 2018.
Just down the street, the Tacoma Art Museum is showing “Zhi LIN: In Search of the Lost History of Chinese Migrants and the Transcontinental Railroads.” It will be on exhibit through February 18 of next year.
Takuichi Fujii, Minidoka, “This is barbed wire around Block 24,” (not dated). Watercolor on paper, 131⁄2 × 10 inches. Collection of Sandy and Terry Kita.
From Tacoma
Two Museums Exhibit
Asian Immigrant History
by Barbara Lloyd McMichael