The Oriental Museum, will be hosting its spectacular Lantern Festival celebration on Wednesday 12 February from 6pm -8pm. Lunar New Year is celebrated across Asia and culminates in a Lantern Festival, when the streets are bedecked with lanterns and people invite good fortune and happiness into their homes for the year ahead. Eventbrite - Oriental Museum presents Lunar New Year Lantern Festival 2025 - Wednesday, 12 February 2025 at Oriental Museum, Durham, England. Find event and ticket information. Everyone is welcome to join us for this spectacular Lunar New Year Lantern Festival evening celebration at the Oriental Museum. Oriental Museum Suitable for families with children aged 5-11 years. All children must be accompanied by an adult. FREE of charge and FREE entry to the Oriental Museum. 13:00 - 15:00 Celebrate the arrival of the Year of the Snake and make some snaky shadow puppets. Dunelm House, Durham Students’ Union, New Elvet 11:00 - 14:30 Easy access from The Oriental Museum will be staying open late to host its annual Lunar New Year Lantern Festival celebration on Saturday 24 February 2024 from 6pm to 8pm. Staff, students and volunteers at the Museum are looking forward to sharing in the rich cultural traditions of Lunar New Year, an important festival celebrated across Asia. Free children's activities, a Chinese tea ceremony and a centrepiece lion dance will be among the attractions at this year's Lunar New Year celebrations in Durham. The annual event - this year Eventbrite - Oriental Museum presents Lunar New Year Lantern Festival 2024 General Public Tickets - Saturday, 24 February 2024 at Oriental Museum, Durham, England. Find event and ticket information. Everyone is welcome to join us for this spectacular Lunar New Year Lantern Festival evening celebration at the Oriental Museum. Our annual Lantern Festival at the Oriental Museum celebrates the beginning of the new lunar year. Join us for a late night opening at the Oriental Museum to mark the Lunar New Year. Try fantastic Year of the Snake crafts, sample delicious New Year snacks, listen to stories, music and more. Booking essential. Charges apply. Lunar New Year Lantern Festival 2025 happening at Oriental Museum, Elvet Hill, Durham, United Kingdom on Wed Feb 12 2025 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm This family-friendly exhibition explores some of the traditional celebrations linked to Lunar New Year. Lunar New Year is not just important in China, it is also celebrated in Korea, Japan and Vietnam. Lunar New Year Lantern Festival. See the Oriental Museum lit by lanterns, try fantastic crafts, sample delicious New Year food and drink and Chinese New Year will be celebrated in Durham with a day-long party packed with music, dance and community crafts. the university's Dunelm House and Durham's Oriental Museum, which is a major Durham's Lunar New Year 2025 celebrations Clayport Library . 10am-4pm - free drop-in activities suitable for children and adults.. 10.30am-3.30pm - Children's crafts such as lantern-making and For details of what else is happening at the Oriental Museum, including an opportunity on February 8 to make paper lanterns to decorate the museum for its upcoming Lantern Festival, see its website here. A guide to other Chinese New Year events in the region, including Sunderland's, can be found here. Durham's Lunar New Year 2025 celebrations At the Oriental Museum’s family-friendly celebration, visitors will be able to enjoy dragon dancing, New Year snacks, a special Lion Dance performance, and listen to the legendary story of the Great Race. A range of events and activities have been organised to help people in County Durham celebrate the Chinese New Year. the Han Fu Society and Durham Chinese School Oriental Museum: Knitted together: the Korean lives and legacies of Richard and Joan Rutt. Drawing on the objects and photographs of the main donors to the Korean collection at the Oriental Museum, Knitted Together details Richard and Joan Rutt’s 20 years living in South Korea in the immediate aftermath of the Korean War (1950 – 1953). Durham. 10th February, 10am–4pm Lantern Festival at Oriental Museum, 24th February 6pm–8pm There are a great variety of events happening to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Durham, from crafts at Oriental Museum to Chinese language taster sessions at Durham University. The Oriental Museum, will be hosting its spectacular Lunar New Year Lantern Festival celebration on Wednesday 12 February from 6pm -8pm. Lunar New Year is celebrated across Asia and culminates in a Lantern Festival, when the streets are bedecked with lanterns and people invite good fortune and happiness into their homes for the year ahead. Clayport Library will also be sharing in the New Year celebrations, giving people the opportunity to learn Chinese with our students. Drop in to one of these sessions to pick up some useful words and phrases. Whilst there, join Lip Lee for a lesson in papercraft to learn the intricate art of origami and mask making. Celebrations at the Oriental The museum was completed in 1959 with the collections being transferred along with the bequest of 3,000 Chinese objects from Sir Charles Hardinge to the new museum by the end of the year. After the creation of the displays the museum was officially opened in May 1960 with a three-day week initially attracting c.100 visitors a week. [5] Durham city centre plans a day of events while the Oriental Museum prepares for its Lantern Festival nechronicle Load mobile navigation. Durham celebrates Chinese New Year with dance, music
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