The Suitcase Project - Chilliwack Museum Exhibit
Open February 9, 2023, to June 3, 2023

The Chilliwack Museum has a new exhibit open that we recommend you go check out. Learning about the stories of immigrants making their way to Canada and the USA and the journey of hardship and success that they have faced. As well as looking at artifacts and stories of ancestors and the troubles they faced.

The Suitcase Project asks yonsei and gosei (fourth and fifth generation) Japanese Canadians and Americans what they would pack if uprooted from their homes at a moment’s notice. 

While these descendants of the internment and incarceration may never have to endure the same forced uprooting as their ancestors, Kayla Isomura’s work examines how they, and those descended from families who experienced other forms of discrimination, remain affected by this history today through a series of photographs, short films, and interviews. 

Over the course of nearly three months, more than 80 subjects ranging in age and background shared their stories from cities in British Columbia, Canada and Washington, USA.
June 16, 2018, marked its debut at the Nikkei National Museum in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Visit the exhibit yourself Monday to Friday from 9:00 am – 4:30 pm, Thursday from 9:00 am to 8:00 pm, and Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. at 45820 Spadina Avenue

Visit the Chilliwack Museum online at www.chilliwackmuseum.ca