Today’s find was the Museum of Asian Civilisation, new since I was living here. It is a treasure trove of artefacts telling the complex story of the development and evolution of the regions people’s, cultures and religions using religious art, sculpture, bronzes, jewellery, crafts and textiles.
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Peranakan heritage in Singapore
So today was a cultural day, insofar as I spent a good deal of it in museums. This year marks 50 years of Singapore’s independent nationhood and every institution on the island (of which there are quite a few) seems to be focussing on aspects of the island nation’s story. My discovery of the day…