Join the Children’s Museum of Richmond for a Chinese New Year Celebration on February 3rd.

Celebrations will occur at both locations: 10:00 am-11:30 am at the Children’s Museum of Richmond – Chesterfield and 1:30 pm-3:00 pm at the Children’s Museum of Richmond – Downtown.

The Spring Festival is the most lively and festive day of the year for Chinese people! Join a celebration of the Chinese New Year with dance and song ,see beautiful costumes and the pageantry of the Chinese New Year. Free with museum admission.

The VMFA is hosting ChinaFest: Year of the Wood Dragon from 10am – 4pm. This is a museum-wide event celebrating the Lunar New Year at VMFA. Explore Chinese art and culture through art-making activities, collaborative projects, films, artist demonstrations, and performances. Free, no tickets or registration required. The tentative schedule is as follows:

10 am–4:30 pm | Museum-wide – Art Activities
10 am–4:30 pm | Reynolds Lecture Hall, Level L – Film Showing
10 am–4:30 pm | Art Ed Center, Studio 1 – Dalton Zheng Artist Demo
10:15–10:25 am | Atrium, Level 1 – Lion Dance Performance by Choy Wun Dance Troupe
10:45–10:50 am | Atrium, Level 1 – Dance Performances by Pacific Arts Troupe
11 am–11:20 am | Cheek Theater, Level L – Dance Performances by Yu Dance Arts
11:30 am –Noon | Atrium, Level 1 – Kung Fu Demonstrations by Richmond Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy
12:15–12:30 pm | Cheek Theater, Level L – Dance & Martial Arts Presentations by Pacific Arts Troupe
12:30–12:40 pm | Atrium, Level 1 – Dance Performances by On the One Dance Co.
1:15–1:20 pm | Atrium, Level 1 – Dragon Dance Performance by Choy Wun Dance Troupe
1:45-2:05 pm | Cheek Theater, Level L – Dance Performances by Yu Dance Arts
2:15–2:45 pm | Atrium, Level 1 – Kung Fu Demonstrations by Richmond Moy Yat Kung Fu Academy
2:55–3 pm | Cheek Theater, Level L – Dance Performances by Pacific Arts Troupe
3:30-3:50 pm | Cheek Theater, Level L – Dance Performances by Yu Dance Arts
4–4:10 pm | Atrium, Level 1 – Lion Dance Performance by Choy Wun Dance Troupe