ArtsThursdays: Celebrate Filipino Heritage
Schedule
Thu May 30 2024 at 05:00 pm to 09:00 pm
Location
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology | Cambridge, MA
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Join us for a free, fun night at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries.This month, celebrate the opening of the online exhibition Balikbayan | Homecoming featuring content created by people of Filipino descent who responded to thirteen of the 8,000 items from the country in the Peabody Museum’s care. Listen to rondalla music by strolling musicians, watch folk dances, and learn a few folk dance steps. Enjoy Filipino food for sale.
Enjoy the musical and dance talents of special guests from the Iskwelahang Pilipino cultural school
Visit with three “Curator’s Choice” artifacts outside of their cases in small, 20-minute group sessions hosted by the Peabody curator of Oceanic collections
View award-winning video artwork created by Filipino students for the Bow Seat Ocean Awareness Contest
Explore the online exhibit or the Peabody collection database at computer stations
Chat with volunteers to learn about natural history highlights such as the Philippine flying lemur and rare marine shells
Share your own experience and questions at visitor conversation stations
Savor Filipino foods available for purchase from Kuya’s Cooking
Purchase drinks at the cash bar (valid government ID required to consume alcoholic beverages)
Enter a free raffle to win museum gifts and membership
Free and open to the public. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage.
Let us know you are coming! RSVPs are encouraged, but walk-in visitors are always welcome: https://tinyurl.com/ArtsThursdaysFilipino
ArtsThursdays is a university-wide initiative supported by Harvard University Committee on the Arts
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Where is it happening?
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave,Cambridge,MA,United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
