Discovering woodblock New Year paintings

🌑 Today is Lunar New Year, an important festival celebrated in China and across Asian cultures, which falls on the second new Moon after the winter solstice. 🌑 To mark this occasion focused on the Moon, we’re looking at a lunar globe from the 1970s that we have in our collection. 🌑 What can it tell us about the surface of the Moon? Let’s take a closer look with Assistant Curator of Contemporary Maritime Aimee Mook, who explains why early astronomers thought there were seas on the Moon, how da

Cung Le - Happy Lunar New Year 2025