Many museums overseas celebrate Lunar New Year

With Chinese New Year almost here, museums abroad have been eager to celebrate.

Spring Festival is widely celebrated by museums as a chance to attract broader audiences and invite visitors to learn more about China.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York has hosted a Lunar New Year festival for nine years. Last year, 89 percent of all attendees indicated that they went to The Met specifically for the festival, according to Julie Marie Seibert, assistant educator for family programs at the museum.