Tag Archive | Maryland Day

Maryland Day 2019!

On Saturday, April 27, beautiful weather (though blustery!) and over 400 activities drew thousands of visitors to the University of Maryland for the 21st annual Maryland Day, the University’s open house. Prange Collection staff welcomed hundreds of those visitors to Hornbake Library North for origami. This year, we made origami hearts. Members of the University […]

Visit us for Maryland Day 2019!

Saturday, April 27, is Maryland Day! Maryland Day is the University of Maryland’s annual open house.  The Prange Collection staff will be there to assist you with origami on the 1st floor of Hornbake Library North from 10:00am to 4:00pm.  This year, we will also offer tours for our exhibition, “Crossing the Divide: An American […]

Maryland Day 2018

On Saturday, April 28, more than 85,000 people visited the University of Maryland for the 20th annual Maryland Day, the University’s Open House.  We welcomed hundreds of those visitors to Hornbake Library North for Chinese calligraphy and origami! Members of the University of Maryland Origami Club joined us.  They displayed their own origami creations and […]

Visit us on Maryland Day 2018!

Saturday, April 28 is Maryland Day! It is the University of Maryland’s annual open house event, and we’re celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.  We will offer Origami and Calligraphy tables at the 1st floor of Hornbake Library North from 10am to 4pm.  Come visit us!

Maryland Day 2017

On Saturday, April 29, we welcomed over 300 visitors to the 4th floor of Hornbake Library North for East Asian arts and crafts as part of Maryland Day 2017, the University of Maryland’s annual open house. Chinese calligraphy is always popular with visitors of all ages.   At the Origami tables, we demonstrated how to make […]

Maryland Day 2016

On Saturday, April 30, we welcomed many visitors to the 4th floor of Hornbake Library North for East Asian arts and crafts as part of Maryland Day 2016, the University of Maryland’s annual open house. This year, we demonstrated how to make an origami hat (kabuto).  The Prange staff made an oversized origami hat under which […]

Maryland Day 2014

On Saturday, April 26, The East Asia and Gordon W. Prange Collections welcomed over 300 visitors to the 4th floor of Hornbake Library North for East Asian Crafts and a Chinese Calligraphy/Brush Painting Demonstration for the 16th annual Maryland Day. Maryland Day is an open campus event, and there are over 470 activities offered across […]