The Museum of Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon has a new exhibit highlighting the 150-year history of Chinese Oregonians. It also features artifacts belonging to two Chinese Americans who were notable business figures in Eugene.
The exhibit, “Roots and Resilience — Chinese American Heritage in Oregon,” has everything: from artifacts like a toothbrush that belonged to a Chinese railroad worker, to photographs that documented Chinese Oregonian life in the late 19th century.
Lexie Briggs, the marketing and communications specialist at the museum, said there were Chinese communities everywhere in Oregon…