Date:
Thursday, February 29, 2024, 5:00pm to 9:00pm
Location:
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, 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.
- Learn about traditional Chinese silk watercolor painting from Xiang Li. 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.
- 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.
Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts (HUCA).
See also: Special Events