#  ArtsThursdays: Year of the Dragon at the Museums 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 29, 2024** 

 05:00PM - 09:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street and Peabody Museum, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

   ![chinese paper dragon craft.](/sites/g/files/omnuum4921/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/peabody/files/credit_zhonghe_elena_li_2_event.jpg?itok=THc1uge-) 

 

 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](/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](https://massculturalcouncil.org/gallery/zhonghe-elena-li-20221961-2022/).
- Learn about traditional Chinese silk watercolor painting from [Xiang Li](http://www.xiangliart.com/). 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](https://wellness.huhs.harvard.edu/).
- 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.

 [RSVP](https://forms.office.com/r/ieRzXB7S2x)

 Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.

 ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts

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