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Jane Austen Walked Past Here: East Asia and Austen Tour

Step into Jane Austen’s world through the unexpected lens of East Asia. During Jane Austen Festival Week, discover how East and Southeast Asian art and culture shaped daily life in Georgian Britain from tea rituals to porcelain prestige with a unique tour that connects Bath to East Asia. Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary at the (... continued)

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Jane Austen Walked Past Here: East Asia and Austen Tour

Step into Jane Austen’s world through the unexpected lens of East Asia. During Jane Austen Festival Week, discover how East and Southeast Asian art and culture shaped daily life in Georgian Britain from tea rituals to porcelain prestige with a unique tour that connects Bath to East Asia. Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary at the (... continued)

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Fan Painting

Come along to the Museum this Jane Austen festival to paint a beautiful design on your fan and elevate your elegance according to Georgian fashions. Learn about the history of the folding fan and how it made its way from East Asia and into Jane Austen’s hands.  A blank paper fan will be provided along (... continued)

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Jane Austen Walked Past Here: East Asia and Austen Tour

Step into Jane Austen’s world through the unexpected lens of East Asia. During Jane Austen Festival Week, discover how East and Southeast Asian art and culture shaped daily life in Georgian Britain from tea rituals to porcelain prestige with a unique tour that connects Bath to East Asia. Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary at the (... continued)

Location: Museum Galleries

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Japanese Tea Ceremony

Sessions available: 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 Take a break from Georgian cream teas and experience another type of tea ceremony with this traditional Japanese experience.  Try ceremonial grade matcha tea prepared for you by your host, Yukie Williams. With over a decade’s experience in practising tea ceremonies, known as sadō (茶道), Yukie Williams (... continued)

Location: Museum Galleries

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Jane Austen Walked Past Here: East Asia and Austen Tour

Step into Jane Austen’s world through the unexpected lens of East Asia. During Jane Austen Festival Week, discover how East and Southeast Asian art and culture shaped daily life in Georgian Britain from tea rituals to porcelain prestige with a unique tour that connects Bath to East Asia. Celebrate Jane Austen’s 250th anniversary at the (... continued)

Location: Museum Galleries

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Godzilla (1954) + Introduction by Steven Sloss

Sessions available: 15:00 – 17:00 18:00 – 20:00 A monster movie with meaning. Join us at the Museum for a rare screening of Godzilla (1954), the iconic Japanese film that launched the kaiju genre. More than just a creature feature, Ishirō Honda’s original Godzilla is a haunting allegory of post-war trauma, nuclear anxiety, and humanity’s fragile relationship with nature and (... continued)

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Myths and Monsters Trail

Learn more about the different myths and monsters from East and Southeast Asia this October half term. Find out which creatures look scary but are actually sweet, and which will snap you up as soon as you see them! Match up ESEA monsters to their most similar European counterparts and learn about similarities and differences (... continued)

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Japanese Tea Ceremony

Sessions available: 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 Learn about traditional Japanese tea culture through this Tea Ceremony hosted in our museum galleries.  Try ceremonial grade matcha tea prepared for you by your host, Yukie Williams. With over a decade’s experience in practising tea ceremonies, known as sadō (茶道), Yukie Williams draws inspiration from both (... continued)

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Halloween at MEAA

As part of our Myths and Monsters week, join us to celebrate the festival of Halloween with an ESEA twist. Get creative with the different creatures as you explore myths and folklore from across the continent. Create your own hybrid monster inspired by creatures made up of lots of different animals from across the globe.

Location: Museum Galleries

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The Great Genghis Khan!

It’s Genghis Khan’s birthday! Well, we think! No one knows the exact date of his birth, but in Mongolia, they have made the first day of winter his symbolic birthday. This year that is on 20 November.  Come to MEAA for a special day of crafting to learn more about this ferocious leader and how (... continued)

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Japanese Tea Ceremony

Sessions available: 11:00 – 11:45 12:00 – 12:45 Learn about traditional Japanese tea culture through this Tea Ceremony hosted in our museum galleries.  Try ceremonial grade matcha tea prepared for you by your host, Yukie Williams. With over a decade’s experience in practising tea ceremonies, known as sadō (茶道), Yukie Williams draws inspiration from both (... continued)

Location: Museum Galleries

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