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"Days of the Dead" Celebrated at the Museum!
Los Dias de los Muertos
September 30, 2008
“Days of the Dead” Tradition Celebrated at Lied Discovery Children’s Museum
Month-long Festivities with Arts, Crafts and much more!
Las Vegas (September 30, 2008) -- Starting October 11th through November 7th, Lied Discovery Children’s Museum will create and exhibit several ofrendas (altars) as part of its participation in the festivities of Los Días de los Muertos, or the Days of the Dead. A little somber? Not at all! Each weekend during October 11th through November 7th, we will be celebrating this event with many arts and crafts projects and much more!
Los Días de los Muertos offers an annual opportunity for families to recollect and celebrate the memories of relatives and friends through weeks of special preparations. For this special reunion, family and friends prepare gravesites and altars (ofrendas) with colorful cloths, streamers, candles, flowers, photographs, richly decorated pan de muertos (bread of the dead), skull-shaped sugar-sweets, and paper mâché skeletons.
“This holiday is traditionally a private family remembrance with public aspects at a broader community level, and our Museum is proud to be the “community living room” for which individuals and families can come, observe, learn and participate in these rich traditions,” said the Director of Education and Programs, Tifferney White.
Located in the heart of downtown, Lied Discovery Children's Museum is a private non-profit organization designed to provide vibrant and engaging experiences that ignite a love of lifelong learning for children and their families in the arts, sciences and humanities. Imagine a place where you can step into a hurricane, make a bubble as tall as yourself, participate in a chemistry show, dress up and take part in a stage play – all in one afternoon! Since 1990, Lied Discovery Children’s Museum has been offering interactive learning adventures through hands-on exhibitions, multicultural performances, and creative art and science workshops.
Lied Discovery Children’s Museum is located at 833 Las Vegas Boulevard North, and is open Tue.- Fri. from 9 am to 4 pm, Sat. 10 am to 5 pm and Sun. Noon – 5 pm. Admission is $8 for adults and $7 for children ages 1 through 17, seniors and military families. Children under one are free. For more information call (702) 382-KIDS(5437) or visit the Museum website: www.ldcm.org.
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