Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience

The Wing Luke Asian Museum will expand and strengthen its guided neighborhood walking tours to provide opportunities for members of the Asian Pacific American community to share their stories, to stimulate the local economy by fostering partnerships with neighborhood businesses and organizations, and to promote the historic and cultural appeal of the Chinatown-International District. The district is a vibrant, historic area, yet it is Seattle's lowest-income neighborhood. Over a two-year period, the museum will 1) work with business partners and its Tours Community Advisory Committee to evaluate and refine the content of existing guided walking tours; 2) improve walking tours operations to align with local and tourist audience interests; 3) train tour guides to implement the expanded walking tours program; 4) increase cross-sector, neighborhood-specific and city-wide collaborations with business owners, property managers, tourist agencies, and educational institutions; and 5) engage in outreach to grow the neighborhood's customer base.