Golden Dragon Museum

The Golden Dragon Museum is a cultural museum in Bendigo, Victoria, located in the Dai Gum San precinct on Bridge Street. Established in 1991, it documents the history of Chinese Australians on the Bendigo goldfields since the 1850s. It is notable for housing Australia's renowned imperial processional dragons Loong and Sun Loong, extensive Chinese artefacts, textiles and heritage collections, and its traditional Chinese gardens.

Visitors can expect a multi-gallery museum dedicated to Chinese-Australian heritage in central Bendigo, set within the Dai Gum San precinct with traditional Chinese gardens, courtyards and temple-style architecture. Inside, visitors explore permanent exhibitions on the Bendigo goldrush Chinese community, costumes, ceramics, photographs and cultural objects, including the historic processional dragons Loong (1890s) and Sun Loong. The site includes garden areas, outdoor sculptures and a shop, with guided tours available.

Opened in 1991 to preserve and interpret the history of Chinese people on the Bendigo goldfields from the 1850s. Bendigo had one of Australia's largest 19th-century Chinese communities. The museum preserves Loong, made in the 1890s and paraded at Bendigo Easter Festivals since 1892, and documents continuous Chinese-Australian settlement, culture and contribution to regional Victoria.

Major centre for Chinese-Australian cultural heritage in Victoria, showcasing imperial dragon traditions, Chinese textiles, religious and community artefacts, and the Dai Gum San Chinese precinct. It plays a central role in the Bendigo Easter Festival and in maintaining living dragon procession traditions, recognised as significant to Australia's multicultural heritage.