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Singapore museums

Not just treasures: Peranakan Museum’s new show finds meaning in everyday objects

(From left) Curators Peter Lee and Naomi Wang during the preview of the Exceptional/Everyday: New Acquisitions, New Perspectives exhibition at Peranakan Museum on Oct 27.
(From left) Curators Peter Lee and Naomi Wang during the preview of the Exceptional/Everyday: New Acquisitions, New Perspectives exhibition at Peranakan Museum on Oct 27.

National Gallery Singapore stages first major show on ink master Fan Chang Tien

The Gathering Of Poets at the media preview of Fan Chang Tien: Rhythm Of The Southern Brush at National Gallery Singapore on Oct 13.
The Gathering Of Poets at the media preview of Fan Chang Tien: Rhythm Of The Southern Brush at National Gallery Singapore on Oct 13.

Keys to the past: National Museum’s revamped Singapore History Gallery reopening on Oct 10

Forum: Steps taken to address diverse needs of museum visitors with more sensitivity

‘My art is nobody’s, not even mine’: Artist Eko Nugroho paints murals for Robertson Quay solo

Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho at his exhibition, titled Strange Monster View, at STPI, a print and paper gallery and workshop in Robertson Quay.
Indonesian artist Eko Nugroho at his exhibition, titled Strange Monster View, at STPI, a print and paper gallery and workshop in Robertson Quay.

Dive into the deep blue at ArtScience Museum’s new ocean exhibition 

An art installation mimicking the schooling behaviour of fish is one of the highlights of the Into the Ocean: Journey Beneath exhibition.
An art installation mimicking the schooling behaviour of fish is one of the highlights of the Into the Ocean: Journey Beneath exhibition.

Tastemakers

Widow invests $800,000 to start S'pore hawker culture experience centre in honour of late husband

Ms Lena Lee at Jiak 99, a hawker edutainment spot that introduces locals and tourists to Singapore’s hawker culture.
Ms Lena Lee at Jiak 99, a hawker edutainment spot that introduces locals and tourists to Singapore’s hawker culture.

Law professor David Tan donates 82 designer jackets worth over $350k to S’pore’s National Collection

Law professor and collector of luxury jackets David Tan with some of the 80 of his 300 jackets that his donating to the National Museum, which plans to stage an exhibition of some of these jackets in 2027, photographed before the archival specialists arrived at his home to collect the jackets on Feb 24, 2026.
Law professor and collector of luxury jackets David Tan with some of the 80 of his 300 jackets that his donating to the National Museum, which plans to stage an exhibition of some of these jackets in 2027, photographed before the archival specialists arrived at his home to collect the jackets on Feb 24, 2026.

Tun Tan Cheng Lock Trust donates $1.4m to Peranakan Museum for curatorial role

Curator Naomi Wang has been appointed as the inaugural Tun Tan Cheng Lock Curator of Peranakan Art.
Curator Naomi Wang has been appointed as the inaugural Tun Tan Cheng Lock Curator of Peranakan Art.

A decade of zoological discovery: Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum turns 10

The museum houses over a million zoological specimens and the skeleton of a sperm whale.
The museum houses over a million zoological specimens and the skeleton of a sperm whale.

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