Chinese New Year at the Portico Library
Explore rare nineteenth-century books and illustrations on Chinese culture from the Portico Library’s extraordinary historic collection plus 200-year-old maps of Chinatown and free creative activities with the Library’s friendly staff and volunteers on Saturday 5th Feb and during a one-off Sunday opening on 6th Feb specially for Chinese New Year. While you’re here, enjoy tea, coffee and homemade cakes in the cafe; browse the reproduction prints and gifts in the Library’s shop; and learn about the history of this little corner of Chinatown. Free entry.