[Past Event] Celebrate the Year of the RAT at Melbourne Chinatown’s 2020 Chinese New Year Festival
Full Chinese New Year 2020 Event Schedule: https://melbournechinesenewyear.com/
Sunday 2nd February 2020:
- Chinese New Year Festival 10am-9pm
- Chinese Museum Open Day 1pm-5pm
Highlights:
- DRAGON PARADE
Commences at the Chinese Museum at approx. 11.45 am, organised by the Melbourne Dai Loong Association.
Travels up Little Bourke St, turns left along Exhibition St, turns left down Lonsdale Street, turns left to Elizabeth Street, turns left up Lt Bourke St, back to Chinese Museum by 1 pm
If you would like to be part of the Dragon Parades, please contact here.
- CHINESE MUSEUM OPENS WITH FREE ADMISSION
After the Dragon returns. Open from 1.00pm to 5.00pm, sponsored by Central Equity.
Friday 24th January 2020:
- Family Day Celebrations followed by CNY Countdown in Chinatown Square: 5 pm – 12.15 am
Event organised by the Chinatown Association.
A glorious way to start the year, with the Family Day celebrations on the Eve of Chinese New Year (Friday, 24 January 2020), followed by the Count Down Night at Chinatown Square. There will be an Outdoor Cinema later in the evening and lucky draw prizes every hour as we await for the arrival of the Lunar New Year.
Count Down at 12 midnight.
Note: The Museum will be open as normal during the day 10am-4pm.
Full Chinese New Year 2020 Event Schedule: https://melbournechinesenewyear.com/
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Han Dynasty Life Everlasting Exhibition
The Han dynasty (206 BCE-220 CE) founded the Eastern civilisation in China through a period of cultural and technological development, economic wealth and territorial expansion. This exhibition showcases this significant period of Chinese history through the Han dynasty’s remarkable people, progressive ideas, and great innovations.
Finding Gold
Finding Gold replicates the experience of the Chinese in Australia’s 19th century goldfields. You can retrace the journey of Chinese gold seekers from Canton through a winding mine and an elaborate goldfields diorama.
Dragon Gallery
The Melbourne Dai Loong Association’s Millennium Dragon winds its way from the ground floor to the lower ground. The Museum displays the last three processional Chinese Dragons which have paraded the city streets over the last century as part of Melbourne’s 100-year-old tradition celebrating the presence of Melbourne’s long-standing Chinese community.
Chinese History and Culture
This gallery showcases the Museum’s rich collection of Chinese textiles and artefacts to highlight the ongoing relationships which have existed between all Australians and Chinese culture. A highlight of the gallery is a Qing dynasty canopy with an Australian story.
