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After 63 years of broadcasting, Singapore subscription-based radio station Redifussion will go off the air at the end of this month. Redifussion was most notable for its broadcast content in the Chinese dialects. While a digital broadcaster, Redifussion still uses a lot of ‘old school’ technologies like gramophones and vinyl records because of the age [...]
“iremember goes to Toa Payoh” is the first of a series of outreach initiatives to the heartlands island-wide. At this carnival we will be premiering two local short films by Singapore film-makers Tan Pin Pin and Wee Li Lin. They were commissioned as part of the Singapore Memory Singapore’s efforts to showcase memories via [...]
Discover, share and contribute on all things Singapore! The Singapore story is not simply a tale of one city’s rise from third-world to the first. It is also enriched by every Singaporean’s individual memories and our collective experiences. Whether it is memories of your carefree school days or the taste of your favourite childhood foods, [...]
The National Art Gallery, Singapore will be launching Koko The Great, a children’s book inspired by an oil painting by well known Singaporean artist, Liu Kang. Liu Kang, Life by the River, 1975, oil on canvas, 126 x 203 cm, gift of Mr. Liu Kang, collection of National Heritage Board Written by theatre practitioner Natalie [...]
Calling all young shutterbugs! The Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organisation Regional Centre for Archaeology and Fine Arts is holding a photography competition for those ages between 18-25 on the theme “Our Heritage” Full rules of the competition can be found in the SEAMEO-SPAFA website here and here. Tweet(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type [...]
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BTW, when we say “National Museum”, how many museums are we talking about here, and what are they?
Posted on February 28th, 2006 at 10:14 am
There is 1 “National Museum”, i.e. its official name is “National Museum”.
But there are 4 national museums (note small caps):
- Singapore Art Museum
- Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place
- Asian Civilisations Museum, Armenian Street
- National Museum
confused yet?
Posted on February 28th, 2006 at 10:36 am
There is 1 “National Museum”, i.e. its official name is “National Museum”. But there are 4 national museums (note small caps): – Singapore Art Museum – Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place – Asian Civilisations Museum, Armenian Street – National Museum confused yet?
Posted on May 16th, 2010 at 2:58 pm
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