On Friday January 24 and Saturday 25, 2020, Musée Guimet in Paris celebrates the year of the Rat. Throughout the weekend, the museum offers its visitors to experience a major festive event through several activities.  

PROGRAM:

• Rites and legends of the Chinese New Year
  Descriptive and sound touch-tour
  Friday Jan. 24
  2:30 p.m.
  Duration: 1h30
  €8
  
  
• FSL tour
  Rites and legends of the Chinese New Year
  Saturday Jan. 25
  11 a.m.
  Duration: 1h30
  €8
  
  
• Open workshops and tours
  Saturday Jan. 25
  From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
  2 p.m., 2:45 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.
  Admission ticket
  Free of charge by presenting your admission ticket, as long as seats are available
  Ground-floor, in front of the auditorium
  
  
• Protecting genies
  With Magali Satgé and Justine Perrichon
  To celebrate the Lunar New Year, ceramists artist Magali Satgé invites us to an open and participative workshop: a bit of clay, dexterity, the creation of a protecting genie able to walk by our side all year around. Magali's friend and intermediary Justine Perrichon will tell us about the protecting guardians and genies present in the permanent collections.

THis is a lovely program for wonderful cultural discoveries!

And for even more ideas, check the Chinese New Year in Paris guide out.