Museums and galleries in Taipei are presenting various exhibitions featuring the Lunar New Year and are offering a variety of tours to attract visitors during the 10-day holiday period that begins Feb. 13. The Lantern Festival, which falls on Feb. 28 this year, is one of the most colorful events during the Lunar New Year season, and an exhibition of 223 lanterns hand-painted by local artists at the lobby and corridor of the National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall in Taipei from Feb. 10-March 28 has been attracting crowds. At the National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, visitors will find another type of artwork reflecting the festive mood in a show of paper-cuts of tigers, birds, flowers and landscapes by Taiwanese and Japanese artists that is running Feb. 3-March 21. In addition to its permanent exhibition, meanwhile, the National Palace Museum is running three special exhibitions: 'Gold and Glory -- The Wonders of Khitan' is a collection on loan from the Inner Mongolia Museum; 'The Lost Frontier' presents maps marking the changes in the northwestern boundaries of the Qing Dynasty; and 'The Magic of Kneaded Clay' depicts the history of Chinese ceramics. 