The Wallace Collection

Events

  • Family Activity: Rats, Rabbits and Roosters, Animal tales of the Chinese Zodiac

  • Monday 7th April, 2008

  • 10:30am - 12:15am

  • Price: Admission Free
  • Ages: 5+
  • Lecturer: Fay Ross Magenty & Marc Woodhead

  • Discover the story of why the 12 years of the Chinese calendar are named after animals. Find out how the rat played a trick on the cat and reached Lord Buddha first. Track down the 12 animals of the zodiac in the collection, draw your own Chinese scroll and make a model of one of the animals to take home. With artists Marc Woodhead and Fay Ross-Magenty.

    FREE and NO booking required