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Celebrating 2550 years of Buddhism, join in this weekend’s Vesak Day celebrations at Ngee Ann City, with activities like the Vesak Trail (including a tour of Singapore’s largest Buddhist monastery) and the Project Million Lotus, a paper folding drive for compassion and harmony. Head down to Ngee Ann City and experience the Vesak Day festivities today!
Have you caught the Cheongsam exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore yet? In keeping with the theme, Chun See of Good Morning Yesterday posts some pictures of his mother in the cheongsam, taken in the 1940s: See all the pictures in his post here. If you haven’t caught it already, In the Mood for [...]
icemoon catches the NHB roving exhibition on provision shops, currently at Tiong Bahru Community Centre. This was NHB’s community series exhibition on provision shops entitled Traditional Provision Shops: A Thriving Past & An Uncertain Future. Under an energetic director of heritage institutions and industrial development, NHB embarked on a series of travelling community-related heritage exhibitions [...]
At the corner of a room in 8Q, stood a simple wooden door which anyone will overlook among the other artworks in the gallery. However, the kind gallery attendant and guard nudged me to open the doors and enter. One of the rare opportunity to “step into” an artwork in a museum. As I opened [...]
Deborah McKellar on the exhibition: Most people living in Singapore love black- and white homes for their unique aesthetic qualities. On my arrival in Singapore I was initially drawn to the distinctive black and white striped bamboo blinds that provide shade on the verandas of these stately homes. Singapore’s B & W bungalows were originally [...]
The latest mini-exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore entices your to get in the mood… for Cheongsams, the symbol of Chinese femininity and elegance. hunnyxpot made a recent visit to the exhibition and showcases some of her favourites here. Tweet(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; [...]
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seems like a good time to visit Nei Xue Tang, the Buddhist Art Museum!
Posted on May 7th, 2006 at 11:13 am
and next Sat (20 May), Nei Xue Tang will be part of the International Museum Day museum hoppin’ trail, with free shuttle service.
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Posted on May 7th, 2006 at 11:19 am
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