Celebrate the end of the Lunar New Year with the Lantern Festival at MEAA! Come along to the Museum and create your own lantern to take home. Learn about this 2000-year-old festival and the symbolism of the beautiful lanterns that light up the streets in East and Southeast Asia! This is a self-led, drop-in, family (... continued)
Come along to spend the morning exploring different preparation methods for tea from Fukuoka, Japan. Michelle and Rob from Comins will take you through the many delicious ways that you can make tea from this prefecture. With insights into the project Comins have undertaken with the Fukuoka prefecture, the people who grow the tea, and (... continued)
Join us for a conversation with Hannah Lim, contemporary artist and co-curator of our current show Reimaginings. Shaped by her upbringing in London and her mixed Singaporean and British heritage, Lim works with materials including polymer clay, wood, and metal to create playful sculptures that explore mythology, history, and personal reflections on identity. Reimaginings shows Lim’s sculptural creations alongside objects from MEAA’s collection (... continued)