Past events

Lunar New Year Events – Free Admission


Sunday 14th February – Sunday 21st February

Free Admission to Museum and Events for Lunar New Year!



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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.

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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

seasonal origami 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!

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