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Celebrate Lunar New Year with festivities and cultural events to welcome in the year of the snake. Enjoy educational webinars, tours, and our annual Lunar New Year festival with food, makers, crafts, and lion dances! Bring your whole family to celebrate Lunar New Year at the National Museum of Asian Art! Enjoy a scavenger hunt covering six different galleries, make a lantern, color your own zodiac animal, and more! Plus, try traditional ink painting and have your name written in Chinese. Space is limited. Bring your whole family to celebrate Lunar New Year at the National Museum of Asian Art! Enjoy a scavenger hunt covering six different galleries, make a lantern, color your own zodiac animal, and more! Plus, try traditional ink painting and have your name written in Chinese. Space is limited. Celebrate Lunar New Year with the National Museum of Asian Art. This year we're hosting an early evening market at the Smithsonian Arts + Industries Building. Enjoy hands-on activities, lion dances, food, artisans and makers, and more! Register in advance to make sure you get the best experience. It's the year of the dragon! Celebrate Lunar New Year at the National Museum of Asian Art with free attractions for all ages, including performances, chef talks, tours, hands-on activities, and more. Free timed tickets are required for the Vietnamese Opening Ceremony performances. Where: 900 Jefferson Dr., SW A Lunar New Year celebration performance. Photo courtesy of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. The National Museum of Asian Art is organizing a market in honor of the Year of the Snake at the Arts + Industries Building. Lunar New Year is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is the most important holiday in China, and it is also widely celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam, and countries with a significant overseas Chinese population. National Ballet of China: Open rehearsal of ‘Chinese New Year (A Ballet in Two Acts)’ at the Kennedy Center First, from 1 to 3 p.m., bring the family to the Sackler and Freer galleries for 10 likes, 2 comments - gallery64dc on January 21, 2024: "Celebrate the Lunar New Year at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Freer Gallery of Art, S. Dillon Ripley Center National Museum of Asian Art, February 3rd, from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. : @natasianart". Celebrate the Lunar New Year online with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Chinese Cultural Institute, and the Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of Jan. 23, 2017. The Chinese Year of the Rooster gets into full swing with musicians, dancers and a schedule of programs so full that it takes three Washington cultural organizations to present it: the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts—in partnership with the Chinese About Lunar New Year Also known as the Spring Festival in China, Lunar New Year is a celebration of the arrival of spring and the beginning of a new year on the lunisolar calendar. It is the most important holiday in China, and it is also widely celebrated in South Korea, Vietnam, and countries with a significant overseas Chinese population. This year, on the Western calendar, the start of the New Year falls on Jan. 28 and is the Year of the Rooster. The lengths and times of lunar New Year celebrations around the globe vary from country to country. “Chinese New Year D.C.” Events: Saturday, Jan. 28. Smithsonian American Art Museum: Chinese New Year Festival. 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m (Freer Gallery of Art) ˚ ˛˝ ˙ˆˇ˘ ˇ (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery) ˝˛ ˇ ˆ˛˝ ˇ˚˛ ˙ˆˇ˘ ˇ Family Fun All Family Fun activities are 1–3 p.m. Lunar New Year Story Time Level B1, Lobby Chinese Ink and Brush Painting presented by Sumi-e Society of America Level B1, Gallery 27 Musuem Store The museum store will be open until 7 p.m Products reflect the collections and exhibitions and are inspired by the art, culture, and history of Asia. Located on level B1 of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the shop carries jewelry, accessories, apparel, home decor, ceramics, textiles, recordings, children’s toys, books, and many other selections. Visit the shop online or call 202.633. The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery is an art museum of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., focusing on Asian art. The Sackler Gallery and the Freer Gallery of Art together form the National Museum of Asian Art in the United States. [1] The Freer and Sackler galleries house the largest Asian art research library in the country. Detail, Zhongshan Going on Excursion, Gong Kai (1222–1307), China, Yuan dynasty, late 13th–early 14th century, Ink on paper, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, Freer Gallery of Art, F1938.4. The tradition of Zhong Kui is particular ly important as we celebrate this Lunar Chinese New Year which falls on February 1 2, 2021. Lunar New Year fortune pouch Freer south corridor Color and create your own Anyang mask Gallery 22 Dragon Craft ImaginAsia Studio Decorate hongbao or laisee, lucky red envelopes Gallery 30 Tours Docent-led Talks Spotlight talks, galleries 15, 17, 18, 19, and the Peacock Room 12–1:30 p.m. Anyang Family Fun Activities Gallery 24 12–2 p.m The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. In 1987, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery opened on the National Mall to become the Smithsonian’s second museum of Asian art. The gallery was built with funds provided by Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, who established the inaugural collection with a gift of one thousand objects. The Smithsonian Institution has two museums of Asian art: the Freer Gallery of Art, which opened to the public in 1923, and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, which welcomed its first visitors in 1987.
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