ArtsThursdays: Year of the Dragon at the Museums

Two women peering at tableware in the Resetting The Table exhibit

Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

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 photography 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).

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Two Chinese paper dragons in a mirrored design.