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(New York, January 15, 2025)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host a Lunar New Year Festival in celebration of the Year of the Snake on Saturday, January 25. The festival will honor Lunar New Year traditions from across Asia and feature artist-led workshops, performances, and interactive activities for participants of all ages. May art bring you good fortune! Celebrate the Year of the Snake, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, with performances, interactive activities, and artist-led workshops for all ages. All activities are free with Museum admission, and no registration is required. Admission is free for Members and kids under 12. Lunar New Year Lion Dance. 11–11:30 am, 1–1:30 pm, 3–3:30 pm. Ring in a prosperous New Year with the Chinese Center on Long Island Lion Troupe. Floor 1, Great Hall . AAPI Jazz Collective Led by Peter Lin. 12–12:30 pm, 2–2:30 pm, 4–4:30 pm The Metropolitan Museum of Art welcomes the new year with its annual Lunar New Year Festival, featuring performances, interactive activities and artist-led workshops, on Saturday, January 25 beginning at 12:00 pm. This event is free with museum admission. The Asia Society's Lunar New Year family day celebration (Ellen Wallop/Asia Society) The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host a Lunar New Year Festival in celebration of the Year of the Rabbit on Saturday, January 21. The festival will honor Lunar New Year traditions from across Asia and feature artist-led workshops, performances, and interactive activities for participants of all ages. Lunar New Year Year of the Snake . In 2025, cultures across Asia and beyond celebrate the Year of the Snake. The snake is at the center of culture and religious practice in these places but is celebrated in unique ways in each country. In the Chinese Zodiac, the snake can represent intelligence and determination. Young visitors apply ink to the woodblock to experience traditional Chinese culture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday in New York. MINGMEI LI / CHINA DAILY The beat of drums echoed off the museum's walls as dragon dancers entered in procession. Visitors pose with Chinese woodblock printing works they made at a Chinese New Year celebration event at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York on Saturday. ZHANG FENGGUO/XINHUA Photo The Brooklyn Museum has partnered with Cool Culture and the Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club for a performance-based Lunar New Year celebration in conjunction with its ongoing Weekend Art Hangs 6,537 likes, 71 comments - metmuseum on January 29, 2025: "Happy Lunar New Year! 裏 We're welcoming in the Year of the Snake, a creature characterized as alert, calm, and smart. This playful Chinese zodiac figure of a snake, dating back to the late Jin and Yuan dynasties, is depicted with exaggerated physical features, like a disproportionately large head and mischievous expression, almost The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. Play Art Links, The Met’s New Blockchain-Based Game (New York, December 9, 2024) The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today its upcoming exhibition schedule, through May 2025. The dynamic lineup includes over a dozen new exhibitions and introduces audiences to impressive loans and new ways to engage with the Museum’s collection displays. This Lunar New Year, which begins on February 16, 2018, is the Year of the Dog. People born in this year are thought to be active, loyal, and vigilant. Commonly known as "man's best friend," the dog, as one of the earliest domesticated animals, has long performed many essential tasks, including hunting, herding, pulling loads, protection, and Celebrate the Year of the Rabbit, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, with a calligraphy video demonstrating four script types, including seal, clerical, standard, and semicursive/cursive. The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. Play Art Links, The Met’s New Blockchain-Based Game Chinese zodiac figure: Snake (detail), China, Jin (1115–1234) to Yuan dynasty (1279–1368), 13th century. Grey earthenware with pigment. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber, 1994 (1994.605.38) The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. Play Art Links, The Met’s New Blockchain-Based Game The Met presents over 5,000 years of art from around the world for everyone to experience and enjoy. Preview Days for new exhibitions, special events, and much The Metropolitan Museum of Art will host its first Virtual Lunar New Year Festival in celebration of the Year of the Ox on Saturday, February 13, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. . The daylong festival will feature programs for participants of all ages to engage with from home, anywhere in the wor
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