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Let’s Become Friends with Art!! Waku Waku Museum for Kids
Free children’s program, every third to fifth Sunday, from 11:00 a.m. for approximately 1 1/2 hour. Capacity: 30 visitors (Five-year-olds to high school students can participate individually or as a group. Families may also apply together as a group. Applications accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis).


Art is interesting!!
Children have an innocent yet powerful glow in their eyes when they look at art. Our educational program promotes art through fun tours of our galleries and workshops (using various media such as coloring books).
I’m an ancient hieroglyphic character. What do you think I mean?
Hieroglyph

Hieroglyph
Free museum entrance for children (up to two adults may enter free with child)
Apply no later than one week before.
Fax or call the Education Department.

Storytelling: Tales Hidden within Artworks Every Sunday from 2 p.m. during exhibitions (time may be subject to change) In the South Wing Lecture Hall
Learn about our museum’s artworks through stories reconstructed from legends and myths related to these ancient objects. Our volunteer staff employs sounds and images to narrate legends of Egypt, Greece, and China. These approximately thirty-minute sessions bring to life the art of antiquity. Come and join this free program and open the door to the world of storytelling.

2008 Summer/Autumn Storytelling Schedule
Date
Story
(Note)
7 13   The Legend of Dionysus   Greek Mythology
20   The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara   Tale of the Buddha
27   The Cosmos within a Jar   Chinese Legend
8 3   The Legend of Gilgamesh   Mesopotamian Mythology   from 3 p.m.
10   The Cosmos within a Jar   Chinese Legend
17   The Legend of Osiris   Egyptian Legend
9 7   The Legend of Gilgamesh   Mesopotamian Mythology   from 3 p.m.
14   Legend of the Ten Suns   Chinese Legend
21   The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara   Tale of the Buddha
28   The Legend of Dionysus   Greek Mythology
10 5   The Legend of Demeter   Greek Mythology   from 3 p.m.
12   The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara   Tale of the Buddha
19   The Legend of Osiris   Egyptian Legend
26   The Cosmos within a Jar   Chinese Legend
11 2   The Legend of Dionysus   Greek Mythology   from 3 p.m.
9   The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara   Tale of the Buddha
16   Legend of the Ten Suns   Chinese Legend
23   The Legend of Osiris   Egyptian Legend
30   The Cosmos within a Jar   Chinese Legend
12 7   The Prophecy of the Buddha Dipankara   Tale of the Buddha   from 3 p.m.
14   The Cosmos within a Jar   Chinese Legend
Storytelling Festival on July 27 (Sun.) and August 3 (Sun.)
In addition to our usual storytelling program, other storytelling and picture book readings will be held. Illustrated storytelling (kamishibai) will also be performed in our open space area.

From 11:00 a.m. until after 4:00 p.m.
In the North and South Wing galleries, Open Space, and South Wing Lecture Hall


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