Past events
Lunar New Year Events – Free Admission
Sunday 14th February – Sunday 21st February
Free Admission to Museum and Events for Lunar New Year!
Shadow Puppet Workshop
Saturday 30th January
3pm – 4pm
Children’s workshop: Discover the beauty of Thai and Indonesian shadow puppetry and make your own to take home.
Cost £5 (£4 for MEAA Friends) – book 5 days in advance.
Priceless Ming or Priceless Thing?
Friday 29th January
6pm – 7pm
Curator, Michel Lee hosts this fascinating handling session looking at the basics of telling the real from the fake. This session will show you how to look at the subtle messages in bases and foot rims of ceramics. You’ll never look at your dinner plates in the same way again.
Michel Lee has been curator of the Museum of East Asian Art since 2007 and previously worked at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C as project Director of the Asian Cultural History Programme.
Curious Objects, Hidden Gems
Friday 29th January
10.00am – 12.30pm
Bring your curious objects and hidden gems along to the Museum to see if we can identify them for you.
Free with admission – No need to book.
Seasonal Origami
Saturday 12th December
3.00pm – 4.00pm
Family friendly drop-in session – come and make your own seasonal origami. You can learn to make Christmas stars, penguins and even little gift boxes using nothing but paper folding techniques!
