Nevada State Museum, Children's Museum team up for Chinese New Year Celebration
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Tue, 02/05/2019 - 12:49pm
Event Date:
February 9, 2019 - 10:00am
The Nevada State Museum and the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada are teaming up to celebrate Chinese New Year On Saturday, Feb. 9.
Dance performances, crafts, a New Year’s Parade, Taiko drummers and more will welcome in the Year of the Pig in the Chinese Zodiac.
The celebration will be split between the Nevada State Museum in the morning and the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada in the afternoon. Admission to the Nevada State Museum will be free, regular admission applies to the Children’s Museum.
Chinese New Year is the most important holiday in China. 2018 was the year of the Dog, and this year we begin year of the Pig. In Chinese culture, pigs are the symbol of wealth and fortune.
To learn more about the Chinese New Year and Zodiac, click here.
The Schedule of Activities is as follows:
10 a.m.-11 a.m.
Chinese dance demonstration and crafts at the Nevada State Museum
11 a.m.-11:30 a.m.
Lion Head New Year’s Parade to the Children’s Museum of Northern Nevada
11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Chinese New Year inspired crafts at the Children’s Museum
11:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Chinese dance demonstration at the Children’s Museum
1 p.m.-2 p.m.
Reno Taiko Drummers perform at the Children’s Museum
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