{"id":77754,"date":"2026-01-04T20:39:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/77754\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T20:39:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T20:39:06","slug":"celebrate-lunar-new-year-at-the-penn-museums-culturefest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/77754\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate Lunar New Year at the Penn Museum\u2019s &#8216;CultureFest!&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-end=\"881\" data-start=\"672\">The Penn Museum will celebrate the Year of the Horse with its <a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penn.museum\/calendar\/888\/culturefest\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">45th Annual &#8220;CultureFest!&#8221; Lunar New Year<\/a> on Saturday, Jan. 31, featuring a full day of performances, activities and a traditional Lion Dance finale.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1110\" data-start=\"883\">The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and includes dance performances, storytelling, art-making, Tai Chi demonstrations, educational workshops and a marketplace. Programming takes place throughout the museum and outdoor spaces.<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1343\" data-start=\"1112\">Scheduled highlights include a \u201cDotting the Eye\u201d ceremony and welcome remarks at 11 a.m., followed by dance performances at 11:30 a.m. The celebration concludes with a Lion Dance finale at 3:50 p.m., a long-running family favorite.\u00a0All activities are included with museum admission.<\/p>\n<p><a data-original-title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penn.museum\/calendar\/888\/culturefest\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">45th Annual &#8220;CultureFest!&#8221; Lunar New Year<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1343\" data-start=\"1112\">Saturday, Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.<br \/>Penn Museum<br \/>3260 South St.<br \/>Philadelphia, PA 19104<br \/>Included with museum admission<\/p>\n<p data-end=\"1343\" data-start=\"1112\">This content was generated by PhillyVoice Media Events, not by the editorial staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Penn Museum will celebrate the Year of the Horse with its 45th Annual &#8220;CultureFest!&#8221; Lunar New Year&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":77755,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[16172,39779,25115,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-77754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-celebrations","tag-lunar-new-year","tag-penn-museum","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77754\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}