#  ArtsThursdays: Year of the Dragon at the Museums 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 29, 2024** 

 05:00PM - 09:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Museum of Natural History (26 Oxford Street) and Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (11 Divinity Avenue)**  



 

 



 

   ![Two Chinese paper dragons in a mirrored design.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4986/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/hmnh/files/credit_zhonghe_elena_li_2_event.jpg?itok=5ug7Dozo) 

 

 Join us for a free, fun night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

 Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries.

 Embrace the Year of the Dragon with us!

- Visit the photographic exhibition, [*Shehuo: Community Fire*](https://peabody.harvard.edu/shehuo-community-fire), to see the transformation of a traditional spring festival held in rural northern China.
- Find your Chinese Zodiac animal sign in our galleries.
- Explore the art of traditional Chinese paper cutting with Cambridge artist [Zhonghe (Elena) Li](https://massculturalcouncil.org/gallery/zhonghe-elena-li-20221961-2022/).
- Learn about traditional Chinese silk watercolor painting from [Xiang Li](http://www.xiangliart.com/). Li worked at the Palace Museum (Beijing, China) as a professional artist for restoration and reproduction between 1974–2011, and now lives and works in Massachusetts.
- Find your inner dragon by exploring gentle Tai Chi movements with Ellen DeGenova. Presented in collaboration with the [Center for Wellness and Health Promotion](https://wellness.huhs.harvard.edu/).
- Purchase drinks at the cash bar (valid government ID required to consume alcoholic beverages).
- Enter a free raffle to win museum gifts and membership.

 Free and open to the public.

 Let us know you are coming! RSVPs are encouraged, but walk-in visitors are always welcome.

 [RSVP Here](https://forms.office.com/r/ieRzXB7S2x)

 Free event parking at the [52 Oxford Street Garage](https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%20Oxford%20St,%20Cambridge,%20MA%2002138/@42.3801643,-71.1153065,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x89e37740b4804b09:0x1ca7c4a4324b1694!8m2!3d42.3801643!4d-71.1153065!16s/g/11c2133ff1).

 *ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts* *(HUCA).*

   ![ArtsThursdays logo.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4986/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/hmnh/files/arts_thursdays_mark_white_rgb.jpg?itok=piBKDypM) 

 



 

 



 

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