THD Excursion to the Black Hawk Museum in Danville, CA

Tomorrow Saturday, I plan on participating  in the THD Saturday Outing Tour for Residents- at The Black Hawk Museum in Danville, CA. 

It will be an special event, celebrating the Mid Autumn Asian Cultural Festival from 11AM -3:00PM. Admission is FREE.

The flyer states: Experience the Mid-Autumn Asian Cultural Festival. Celebrate with traditional Chinese Performances and explore 5000 years of history.    

In 2023, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on September 30 (Saturday). Usually, the Chinese people have a 3-day public holiday from 28 September to 30, but this year the Mid-Autumn Festival is adjacent to China's National Day, so the public holiday will be from September 29 to October 7.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, is a time for family reunions, starting with a delicious meal together with family members, and then a time to admire the bright moon and eat moon cakes. Commercially available moon cakes comes in several flavors. My favorite moon cake flavor is DURIAN. Durian is a fruit that smells like hell, but taste like heaven.  

Read more about the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival: https://cutt.ly/MoonFestival

I am not ashamed to admit, that I did not know that in 2020 the Black Hawk Museum added a 4th gallery, called Into China.   Here's a summary of what I learned from my Google Search on the Black Hawk Museum. 

"Opened in September of 1988, Blackhawk Museum was dedicated to the pride, the beauty and the craftsmanship inherent in the legacy of the automobile. The Blackhawk Museum has been described as possibly the finest museum of its type devoted to the enjoyment, appreciation and education of the automobile artform.

Additional galleries were introduced to the public beginning in 2015 with the completion of the Spirit of the Old West, featuring the Fick Collection. Art of Africa, added in 2016. Into China, opening in February of 2020, followed by the opening of World of Nature.

Founder, Kenneth E. Behring’s vision of Museums as Temples of Learning is evident throughout five exquisite galleries, and remains a unique feature of the Western United States."

For additional details visit:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackhawk_Museum

Personal Note: I salute and extend my personal thanks to Karen K the Activity Director and her Assistant J Woo as well as THD management, and specially our van drivers for organizing varied and interesting activities for us Senior Residents to enjoy and participate whenever we can. Looking for more similar activities in the near future.