AAPI Stories in Motion
Welcome to the first Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) History Museum. Through visuals, exhibits, videos, and interactive displays, we bring AAPI history to life and invite visitors to explore the many stories that shape our communities.
Our museum is organized around evolving themes that reflect the complexity of AAPI history, including activism, solidarity, migration/immigration, identity, and belonging. As the museum grows, our exhibits continue to change, making room for stories that have not always been fully seen, heard, or included.
Our newest exhibit, Mixed Heritage, One History, curated by Gaby Wilson and Jessica “Jay” Wong, expands our exploration of identity and migration by centering multiracial AAPI experiences. To make space for this exhibit, portions of the previous Identity section and part of the Migration & Immigration section have been adapted. This change reflects our belief that AAPI history is not fixed or singular. It is shaped by movement, family, culture, race, memory, community, and belonging.
This exhibit invites visitors to reflect on race, family, memory, and belonging through the lived experiences of multiracial AAPI individuals.
The exhibit connects personal stories of being mixed in America with larger histories of race, migration, immigration, empire, and belonging.
The exhibit asks visitors to consider how racial categories, the U.S. Census, and the act of “checking boxes” have shaped how mixed and AAPI communities are counted and understood.
The road to Loving v. Virginia reveals how interracial marriage laws shaped families, identity, and the struggle for belonging across generations.
As the first AAPI History Museum in the United States, we believe AAPI history must be told in its full complexity. We honor the many untold stories across AAPI communities and welcome voices that continue to expand our shared history. Belonging is not about fitting neatly into one category. It is about being seen fully.
AAPI Mobile History Museum Exhibits
Our Mobile Museum Exhibit extends the AAPI History Museum’s work beyond our physical space, bringing AAPI history directly into schools, libraries, community centers, and public events. Through portable exhibit panels, images, artifacts, and community storytelling, the Mobile Museum focuses primarily on the migration and immigration journeys of specific Asian American communities, including Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Cambodian, Vietnamese, Filipino, and Nepali communities.
Organized around the museum’s core themes of identity, migration and immigration, solidarity, and activism, the exhibit invites visitors to see AAPI history as part of a larger American story—one shaped by movement, belonging, resilience, and community.
The AAPI Mobile History Museum is available for rental by schools, libraries, community organizations, and public events. To bring the Mobile Museum to your community, please use this form to tell us more about your needs, audience, budget, and the goals you hope to achieve. After we receive your form, a member of our museum team will contact you to discuss how we can best support your program and provide the exhibit resources needed to create a meaningful experience for your audience.
The AAPI Mobile History Museum at Bryant University, bringing AAPI history beyond the museum walls through portable exhibits, community stories, and migration and immigration journeys from diverse Asian American communities.