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Seniors Week tour: Tang
Discover treasures from the Silk Road
Image: Female figure 724 (detail), Xi’an Museum
Sunday 10 April 2016, 11.30am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Free viewing for members
Tang 唐: treasures from the Silk Road capital
Image: Female figure with zhuiji chignon 712-79 (detail), Xi’an Museum
Sunday 10 April 2016, 5.15pm
Monday 11 April 2016, 10am
Location: Naala Nura, lower level 1, Asian Lantern galleries
Free
Drop in and make: Silk Road treasures
Free artmaking activity for families
11am - 4 pm
Sunday 3, 17 April 2016
Monday-Friday 11-15, 18-22 April 2016
Duration 5 hours
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Teacher salon: Tang
Professional learning for primary and secondary teachers
Image: Gilded bronze incense burner with elephant-head vajira design c874, Famen Temple Museum
Wednesday 27 April 2016, 5pm
Duration 2 hours
Free, bookings required
Buddhist art on China’s Silk Road
An exploration of Dunhuang cave temples with Venerable Dr Juewei
Image: Venerable Dr Juewei
Wednesday 4 May 2016, 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Tang culture and its influence
Hear from the experts
Image: Dragon c700s (detail), Shaanxi History Museum
Saturdays 2pm
16 & 30 April, 7 May 2016
Duration 2 hours
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Creating a tea aesthetic in Tang Dynasty poetry
With visiting scholar Prof James A Benn
Image: Container in tortoise shape c800-74, Famen Temple Museum
Wednesday 11 May 2016, 12pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Charges apply
Wednesday 11 May 2016, 6.30pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Tang cosmopolitanism
An interdisciplinary symposium
Image: Mural of females c710 (detail), Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
Saturday 14 May 2016, 9.30am
Duration 7 hours, 30 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Celebrity talk: Linda Jaivin
Take a look inside the ‘open house’ that was the Tang dynasty
Image: Linda Jaivan
Wednesday 18 May 2016, 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Coffee tour: Tang
Discover treasures from the Silk Road
Image: Man on horseback 706 (detail), Qianling Museum
Tuesday 17 & Saturday 21 May 2016, 1pm
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, lower level 3, Members Lounge
Charges apply
VisAsia Hingyiu Mok Mandarin-language lecture 2016
2016年莫慶堯醫生VisAsia中文普通話講座
Image: Three-legged jar late 600s to mid 700s, Shaanxi History Museum
Sunday 22 May 2016, 3pm
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free
Wednesday 25 May 2016, 6.30pm
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesdays 7.30pm
4-25 May 2016
Duration 1 hour
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Panel: Art and experiential design BOOKED OUT
Hear about augmented-reality museum displays
Image: Pure Land: Augmented Reality Edition, Shanghai Biennale 2012-13. Image © Applied Laboratory for Interactive Visualization and Embodiment (ALiVE), CityU Hong Kong
Saturday 28 May 2016, 2pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Centenary Auditorium
Free, bookings required
Audio-description tour: Tang
For blind and vision-impaired visitors
Image: Horse 718 (detail), Zhaoling Museum
Wednesday 8 June 2016, 2pm
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Exhibition talks: Tang
Hear from experts in the exhibition
Image: Statue of bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin Pusa) 700s (detail), Shaanxi History Museum
Wednesdays 5.30pm
1-22 June 2016
Duration 30 minutes
Free with exhibition entry
Wednesdays, 6.30pm
1-22 June 2016
Duration 30 minutes
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Wednesdays 7.30pm
1-22 June 2016
Duration 1 hour
Location: Naala Nura, ground level, Kaldor Hall
Free
Community access tour and workshop: Tang
For adults with specific needs
Image: Foreign warrior c648 (detail), Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
Wednesday 23 June 2016, 11am
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Wu Man in concert BOOKED OUT
Immeasurable light: songs of the Silk Road
Image: Wu Man © Stephen Kahn
Saturday 2 July 2016, 3pm
Duration 1 hour, 30 minutes
Location: Domain Theatre
Charges apply
Clay Club: inspired by Tang BOOKED OUT
School holiday activity for teenagers
Image: Tomb guardian 618–50s (detail), Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
Wednesday 6 July 2016, 10.30am
Duration 2 hours
Location: Naala Nura, lower level 3, Members Lounge
Charges apply
Korean-language guided tour: Tang
한국어 안내 투어: 당
Image: Camel rider and camel 742 (detail), Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
Wednesdays 11am
8 June - 6 July 2016
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Guided tour: Tang
An introduction to the exhibition
Image: Camel rider and camel 742 (detail), Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
Daily 12pm, 9 April – 10 July 2016
Wednesdays 7pm, 11 May – 6 July 2016
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Cantonese-language guided tour: Tang
粵語導覽: 唐都遺珍
Image: Camel rider and camel 742 (detail), Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
Sundays 2pm
10 April - 10 July 2016
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry
Mandarin-language guided tour: Tang
普通話導覽: 唐都遺珍
Image: Camel rider and camel 742 (detail), Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology
Sundays 2pm
10 April - 10 July 2016
Duration 1 hour
Location: Ticketing and information desk
Free with exhibition entry