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Quest for Immortality – The World of Ancient Egypt Exhibition
Travel / SingaporeWhat happens after death? The ancient Egyptians asked, and answered, this universal question in their own rituals, art and illustrations designed to explain the otherwise inexplicable. Thanks to the preserved artworks and tombs, modern people are able...
Peranakan Museum – Trail of Colorful Treasures
Travel / SingaporeA 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...
Singapore HeritageFest 2007 (Part 2): Childhood Memories
Travel / SingaporeAs 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 Things!) This exhibition takes place at Suntec City Mall. For me...
Singapore HeritageFest 2007 (Part 1): Household Things
Travel / SingaporeFor 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...
International Museum Day 2007
Travel / SingaporeThe 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! Event: International Museum Day 2007 Date: May 18-27, 2007 (10 days) Venue: 24 museums in...
Singapore Housing: Past, Present, Future at the HDB Gallery
Travel / SingaporeMuseum 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. (frankly, I probably...
50 Things in the 80s Childhood
Travel / SingaporeRemember that music recorder you used to play in primary school? Or Mr. Wolly and Mr. Yakki, two of the recurring characters in textbooks? If any of these seems familiar, you are probably a Singaporean who had your childhood in the 80s or early 90s. Being...
10 Fun Trivia on Singapore History
Travel / SingaporeIn 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...
Mobile Homes @ Asian Civilisations Museum
Travel / Singaporewe 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. (more…)
International Museum Day 2006
Travel / SingaporeI have divided this blog entry into four parts that correspond to the four museum stops we made: First stop: Civil Defence Heritage Gallery Second stop: Singapore Philatelic Museum Third stop: Singapore Art Museum Fourth stop: Museum of Shanghai Toys interNational...
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