'Applaud to the Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Workers’, AANHPI exhibit
Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Avenue Northeast Bellevue, WA 98004
In recognition of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, the City of Bellevue is hosting a free exhibit sharing the history of the Transcontinental Railroad.
The city will honor the contributions of Chinese railroad workers through a partnership with the Chinese American Civic Association. The exhibit, called ‘Applaud to the Chinese Transcontinental Railroad Workers’, features 60 bilingual educational panels depicting how an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 Chinese immigrants built the most challenging part of the Transcontinental Railroad in the 1860s. The panels will be on display in the first-floor concourse at City Hall from May 15-19. Learn more from the event flyer.
Exhibit hours are Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-9 p.m., and Friday 8 a.m.-4 p.m.