Archive for the 'Heritage' Category

a new museum has opened in town! and when it falls under the umbrella of the national heritage board, you know you are in for an eyeopening experience. the result of a two year long renovation, the peranakan museum is the world’s largest museum dedicated to the colorful and distinctive culture of the peranakans [...]

as a child i was an avid stamp collector. it was my dad that helped me start it off by letting me take over his stamp collection, comprising of local stamps from several decades ago. eventually our collection grew bigger and more comprehensive with new stamps being added, including those from all around the world [...]

as promised, here’s part 2 of my feature on the singapore heritagefest 2007 flagship exhibition, which i title “childhood memories“. (and here’s part 1: household items!) this particular exhibition takes place at suntec city mall. for me personally, the highlight of the exhibition was [...]

for a period of 12 days (from 18 to 29 july), the singapore heritagefest 2007 is taking place at various venues across the island! over the weekend, i specially made a trip down to suntec city mall to check out the anchor exhibition. it was totally worthwhile — i got to see, touch and feel history! [...]

the international museum day starts today! for 10 days (’til may 27), there will be more than 80 activities and events spread over 24 museums in singapore! personally, i love museums and art galleries. i visited 4 of them [...]

museum geek alert! now that i’m working at the HDB hub, i have many opportunities to check out the HDB gallery. this gallery showcases the development of the singapore public housing over the years and is open to the public [...]

hey folks! i have to make sure everyone here knows this. kurt wenner, the master street painter that does the most amazing street art, is here on our little island! i’m sure many of you have received one of those forwarded email with his incredible anamorphic paintings [...]

in the today newspaper published umm… today, you can read about some interesting snippets of information on various locations in singapore.
1. Hope of a new life
Long before Chijmes was a cool hangout with bars and restaurants, it was a safe haven for unwanted children. The Gate of Hope, located within the premises, was the dropoff [...]

we were at the asian civilisations museum yesterday, marking my second visit to the museum at empress place. currently they have an exhibition that showcases the mobile tents and shelters of asian nomads [...]

i am officially a friend of yesterday.sg! it was not until the museum tour i took during the international museum day celebrations last month, that i realised there is actually a strong legion of people who are genuinely interested in singapore’s heritage [...]