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| The Chinese New Year Parade marches only a few blocks - but was named by Reader's Digest as one of the most interesting processions in the USA! | Butte businessman Hum Fay married American-born Chew Gum in 1909. | The shortest, coldest, loudest parade (audience participation!) reaches the Mai Wah on a typically brisk winter afternoon. |
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| We hosted a major traveling exhibit focusing on Angel Island - the location in San Francisco Bay where most Chinese entered America. | 2006 was the Year of the Dog. The next Year of the Dog will be 2018. | Mitzi Rossillon at work on the 2007 Chinatown archaeological dig. |
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| At left: the orignal (pre-1905) Wah Chong Tai nameplate which is in its original position in the building (long-term loan from Montana Heritage Commission). | A view of the two museum buildings - after restoring the signs but before the repainting of the facade in 2009. | Visitors take in the permanent exhibit. |
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| Circa 1905 view in the Wah Chong Tai mercantile. Note the three-character nameplate on the upper back wall. | Our 60-foot-long dragon was given to the people of Montana by the people of Taiwan. | Dancers from China arrived in Butte to entertain and participate in a recent parade. |
