March Break at citys Civic Museum

There will be plenty of activities to keep families entertained at Guelph Civic Museum during March Break from March 13 to 21.

 

For March Break week only, the museum will be ex­tending its hours Monday to Friday with an earlier opening time of 10am and closing at 5pm (Saturdays and Sundays will remain 1 to 5 pm).

The theme this year is Ancient China, featuring arts of China, a travelling exhibit from the Royal Ontario Museum. Staff and volunteers in part­nership with the Guelph Chin­ese Canadian Culture Asso­ciation, have developed am interactive space to comple­ment the exhibit where visitors can Learn About China.

There will be daily themes, special guests and demon­strations for the week. March 13 features a demonstration of Taiji. On Monday, Toys and Games will be explored.

On Tuesday, visitors can learn about Chinese arts with paint­ing and sculpture demon­stra­tions by artist Alice Wu.

Music will be highlighted on Wednesday with an Urhu demonstration by Steve Cui. Thursday is the Art of Writing with special guest Hailong Huang, and Friday visitors will have the opportunity to dis­cover paper making.

Demon­strations are scheduled at diff­erent times each day so visit guelph.ca/museum for details. Regular admission applies.

Guelph Civic Museum is located at 6 Dublin Street South. Regular admission is $4 for adults, and $3 for seniors, students, and children, with families $10.00. Joint admis­sion to McCrae House is avail­able.

 

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