ArtsThursdays: Year of the Dragon at the Museums

ArtsThursdays: Year of the Dragon at the Museums
2024-02-29 22:00 - 2024-03-01 02:00 UTC | Harvard Museum of Natural History (26 Oxford Street) and Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology (11 Divinity Avenue)
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.

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