Hello Kitty activities

Hello Kitty has arrived in the Netherlands! To celebrate this the SieboldHuis organizes various activities. Will you join us too?

Hello Kitty’s birthday party

Hello Kitty celebrates her birthday officially on November 1st. In honor of her 37th birthday, the SieboldHuis will organize an amazing birthday party on Sunday October 23rd. Hello Kitty will be present the whole day so you will be able to meet and greet her! The day will be full of activities: fold an origami Hello Kitty, draw your own Hello Kitty, and even buy the special Leiden Kitty. There will be a morning party (10.30h - 12.00h) and an afternoon party (14.00h - 15.30h). Fee is €12,50 p.p. Age: 6-14 years old. Reservation is required before October 20th via e-mail (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)).

N.B. On this day the museum is only open for children attending Hello Kitty’s birthday party.
 

Autumn vacation (October 18th until 23rd)

During the autumn holidays the Hello Kitty exhibition will be opened every day (also on Monday October 17th). Visit the museum and go on Hello Kitty expedition and explore the SieboldHuis. If you will visit the exhibition in your favorite Hello Kitty outfit on Tuesday 18th, Wednesday 19th and Thursday 20th of October, all children under 12 years old will be able to enter the museum for free! (max. 3 children per adult)

The largest collection of Hello Kitty in the Netherlands

For this exhibition, the SieboldHuis is looking for the Kitty’s biggest fan, with the largest Hello Kitty collection in the Netherlands. Do you want to know what he or she has collected? Look on the hellokittyhelloholland Flickr group to see who has the largest collection of Hello Kitty in the Netherlands! Here you can upload the pictures of your own visit to the Hello Kitty - Hello Holland exhibition too.

Science Festival

During the Science Festival in Leiden, children will be able to follow a special programme. On Saturday October 29th will Femke Hameetman take you to the world of Hello Kitty: what makes her so special? Where does she actually come from? Why do you think that Hello Kitty has been able to conquer the whole world? Active participation will be awarded!

Film Festival

During the last weekend of October the SieboldHuis will light up as a cinema in the evenings. Three nights Japanese films will be shown: on Friday 28th, Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th of October. Experience the ultimate Japanese film with amongst others 'A Warm Ray of Light' (Masato Ozawa, 2011), 'Good Morning to the World' (Satoru Hirohara, 2010), 'Toilet' (Naoko Ogigami, 2010) and 'Yuki & Nina' (Hippolyte Girardot and Nobuhiro Suwa, 2009).

Of course we will make sure there is plenty of sushi by Taji the Chef available. We will also organizea warming footbath experience to collect money for damaged cultural heritage in Japan.