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Wednesday 11am - 4pm Thursday 11am - 4pm Friday 11am - 4pm Saturday 11am - 4pm Sunday 11am - 4pm

Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum

Name: Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
Address: 695 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 90802, US
Telephone: (562) 216-4170
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Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum

The Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum is the first museum dedicated to Pacific Island arts and cultur

09/02/2026

Opening SUN September 6

Lucille Montelongo
Old to Me | Owed to Me
An Exploration of Culture and Self
Open to the public: September 6

The exhibition includes a few contemporary artworks created when Lucille was only 15 years old. Now, at 21 she presents a fuller portfolio that spans acrylic on canvas, textiles, and collage; all serving as channels reconnecting her to the Republic of Belau.

“Old to me | Owed to me” claims the right to access her heritage across distance, especially in this era of AI.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lucille Montelongo (Youth Artist-In-Residence, PIEAM) is a multi-racial Belauan visual artist based in Long Beach, CA, whose genealogy also traces Mexican and German roots. Her developing body of work focuses on exploring her Belauan heritage. She views each work as a form of documentation that she hopes carries itself through the future generations in her lineage. She currently studies Drawing and Painting at California State University, Long Beach; and she’s an artist informed by Belauan traditional knowledge.

08/30/2026

Please note that PIEAM will be temporarily closed from Wednesday, September 2 through Saturday, September 5.
We will reopen to the public on Sunday, September 6 at 10:30 AM.
Thank you for your patience and ongoing support as we prepare for our next exhibit. 🙏🏽💖

08/21/2026

She visited PIEAM, hoping to find her uncle in one of the historical photographs. She not only found him, but to her surprise, she spotted her dad, too. 🥹❤️
This is the heart of So We Leapt — Para I Hinanao-ta Mo’na, curated by Manny Crisostomo. These archived images are our elders and our living history.
The exhibit closes on Aug 30. To learn more, visit https://www.pieam.org/exhibit

08/08/2026

Please note that we will be closed on Sunday, August 9, and will reopen on Wednesday, August 12. 🌺

07/24/2026

Of course she knows how to build.💖
So grateful for the strength and quiet devotion of the women in our families.
This image is among the photos in our current exhibit: So We Leapt / Para I Hinanao-ta Mo’na, on view now through August 30th.

General Admission: $5.00
Parking: Limited spaces are available in the small lot located across the street from the museum at 638 Alamitos Ave. Guests can also utilize street parking; please read signs and be mindful of possible street parking restrictions.

07/14/2026

Comfort Women: Unspoken Histories
A Guided Reflection through Books, Maps, and Film
Curated with care by Leialani Wihongi-Santos

Sunday, July 19, 2026 at 1:00 PM PST
Pacific Island Ethnic Art Museum
General Admission: $5.00

This is not a lecture. It is not a standard screening. We invite you instead to simply sit with us in care. Together, we will explore overlooked World War II histories in the Pacific. Select film clips, book pages, and old maps will guide our quiet reflection. We will cradle these heavy histories gently.
Space is limited. Please RSVP to [email protected] by Friday, July 17

06/28/2026

Where are moments of hardship?

05/30/2026

“Flour, sugar, eggs, water
frosting layered with abundance by a steady, hopeful hand
a dikike’ church bell, ringing in the long-awaited sweetness.

There is ceremony in preparation
Yes, even of cakes.
These are ancestral messages,
Prayers of love, of light, of life.

A promise of shared sweetness for those who survived,
And for those we now speak to only in our dreams.”
- Samantha Olvera

🎂

A celebration is never just an event on a calendar, and a wedding cake is never just a recipe. They are expressions of enduring love, meant to bring people together, honoring our roots while building beautiful new memories.
Come surround yourself with these stories of love and community at the So We Leapt / Para I Hinanao-ta Mo’na exhibit. Enter the house to see this reimagined wedding cake, an artistic sculpture created by CHamoru PhD student and food studies scholar Samantha Olvera. Inspired by the historical foodways captured in Buchman’s photographs, it stands as a breathtaking tribute to honor Chamoru love.
Next time you sit down to eat joyfully, take a moment to look around the table. ✨ How do you celebrate love? Who do you eat with, in life and in spirit? 💞

05/22/2026

Ahéhee’ 🙏
Today, we honor the extraordinary life of John Kinsel Sr. (pictured right), a Navajo Code Talker who served during World War II. During that time, his Diné language became an unbreakable code that saved countless lives, serving bravely across historic campaigns in Bougainville, Guam, and Iwo Jima. John Kinsel Sr. has since passed on, but his remarkable legacy and contributions to both his people and the United States will forever be etched in history.
His photo is among the portraits in So We Leapt / Para I Hinanao-ta Mo’na, on view now through August 30th.

05/20/2026

A small update for your Friday plans. We open at 1:00 PM. We hope to see you. 💞

Address

695 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA
90802

Opening Hours

Wednesday	11am - 4pm
Thursday	11am - 4pm
Friday	11am - 4pm
Saturday	11am - 4pm
Sunday	11am - 4pm

Telephone

(562) 216-4170

Website

http://www.pieam.org/

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