Celebrating the Year of the Horse

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The Pennsylvania Chinese Dance Club (above) performs at the Penn Museum's Chinese New Year Celebration on Saturday, January 25. Photo by Liqiong Chen/Pennsylvania Chinese Dance Club

Gallop into the excitement of the New Year by ringing in the Year of the Horse at the Penn Museum’s 33rd Annual Chinese New Year Celebration on Saturday, January 25, from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. The day-long extravaganza includes martial arts demonstrations, dance performances, calligraphy, language and tangram workshops, family crafts and a grand finale lion dance performance. The celebration is free with Museum admission ($15/general, $13/seniors (65+), $10/children (6-17) and college-students with ID, free/children under 5, members, active US military members and PennCard holders).

Special Offer: those who were born in the Year of the Horse (1930, 1942, 1954, 1966, 1978, 1990, 2002) or are an expectant mom  in 2014 and can prove it, you can gallop on in for free as long as you bring at least one non-Horse paying guest with you. For more information visit www.penn.museum/events-calendar/details/1220-chinesenewyear.html

 

 

 

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