HAPPENING NOW OCTOBER The Journey: Singapore Short Cuts AROUND THE OCTOBER— 22, 23 Oct NMS 50 Years Through Stamps DECEMBER 2016 Until 31 Dec SPM Istana Open House Building Tours CIVIC DISTRICT 29 Oct PSM Eat at TJ – Our Hawker Centres I LOVE MUSEUMS and Food Heritage Deepavali Open House 29 Oct ACM, IHC, MHC, NMS, 1 National Museum Until 31 Dec OMTJ 16 of Singapore RBC, SPM, SYSNMH, TPM 2 (IHC: 28 & 29 Oct) BRAS BASAH RD 3 SAM at 8Q What Is Not Visible Is Not Invisible 4 Until 19 Feb 2017 NMS ACM After Dark 2016! CC1/NE6/NS24 5 Singapore Philatelic EVENTS Dhoby Ghaut MUSEUMS 29 Oct ACM Museum 6 Asian Civilisations Shaking It With Shakespeare Museum GUIDE TO HERITAGE HAPPENINGS AND MUSEUMS IN SINGAPORE OCT—DEC Exhibition 2 VICTORIA ST FORT CANNING TUNNEL 3 MONUMENTS Until 1 Mar 2017 SPM CC2 Bras Basah NOVEMBER 7 Cathedral of the Good Shepherd Museum Roundtable: STAMFORD RD 18 Nyonya Needlework: Embroidery and A 20-Year Journey 1 BRAS BASAH RD 8 Chijmes Beadwork in the Peranakan World 2 Nov 2016 – 26 Feb 2017 NMS 17 9 Raffles Hotel 10 Armenian Church Until 26 Mar 2017 TPM 11 Central Fire Station

Collecting Magic: STAMFORD RD 7 12 St Andrew’s Cathedral 19 21 From Stamps to Wands 13 National Gallery 2 Nov 2016 – Jun 2017 SPM Singapore VICTORIA ST 14 Parliament House STAMFORD RD20 9 Lunchtime Concerts at ACM – Jazz 8 15 The Arts House 11 Nov ACM 4 LANDMARKS 16 The Cathay Straits Family Sunday: NORTH BRIDGE RD 17 SMU Li Ka Shing Library Let’s get Crafty! 18 NTUC Income Centre 13 Nov TPM 19 SMU School of 22 Accountancy-Law Make your own mini drive-in theatre! STAMFORD RD 20 SMU Lee Kong Chian HILL ST 23 – A Family Workshop School of Business 26 Nov NMS 10 EW13/NS25 21 Carlton Hotel City Hall 22 Raffles City 24 Shopping Centre HistoriaSG 5 23 Capitol Building 26 Nov NMS 24 Singapore Chinese 12 Chamber of Commerce 11 25 Building 25 Peninsula Plaza DECEMBER 26 Supreme Court

Wings of a Rich Manoeuvre HILL ST From 1 Dec NMS ST ANDREWS ROAD RIVER VALLEY RD To learn more about Saturdays@ACM: Season of Joy 3 Dec ACM 13 NHB museums and 26 monuments, visit: Straits Family Sunday: Joyous Noel! roots.sg 11 Dec TPM

Christmas Open House CONNAUGHT DRIVE 25 Dec ACM, IHC, MHC, NMS, 14 RBC, SPM, SYSNMH, TPM EU TONG SEN ST

15 A Lighter Side of History 31 Dec NMS Disclaimer: All rights reserved. To get the Materials in this publication full events may not be reproduced in part Mutiara Issue No. 180 or in whole without written listing, visit c. 1960s, Singapore, Publisher: HARMY consent of National Heritage Malay Heritage Centre Collection roots.sg Board (NHB), the publisher. Information is correct at the National Heritage Board time of printing. Copyright 2016. 6 To learn more about these exhibitions and other events, visit roots.sg OCT—DEC HIGHLIGHTS

PORT CITIES: MULTICULTURAL MEREKA UTUSAN: COLLECTING MAGIC: EMPORIUMS OF ASIA, 1500 – 1900 IMPRINTING MALAY MODERNITY, 1920s–1960s FROM STAMPS TO WANDS 4 NOVEMBER 2016 – 19 FEBRUARY 2017 16 OCTOBER 2016 – 25 JUNE 2017 2 NOVEMBER 2016 – JUNE 2017

ASIAN CIVILISATIONS MUSEUM MALAY HERITAGE CENTRE SINGAPORE PHILATELIC MUSEUM Traders and migrants, jewellery and multicoloured cottons, Mereka Utusan: Imprinting Malay Modernity, 1920s–1960s Be spellbound by beautiful Harry Potter stamps from languages and commerce – port cities mix people, affirms the importance of language to a community by all over the world as well as movie memorabilia and merchandise, and ideas. This special exhibition paints a tracing the development of Malay modernity and identity collectibles from private collectors. On display are the first picture of life through photographs, paintings, fashion, through print, advertisements and editorial cartoons. Gain licensed Harry Potter stamps, First Day Covers, postcards, luxury goods, and everyday objects. Disembark at ACM for insights into how the Malay community in Singapore used special cancellations, unusual stamp labels, limited a view of hybrid cultures, ingenuity, and global trends bred the power of the mass media to discuss and respond to edition books and DVDs, prop replicas, movie posters, in these cosmopolitan centres. historical events such as the Great Depression, World War II, toys and more. and the nationalist movements that swept across Southeast 1 Empress Place, Singapore 179555 Asia afterwards. Singapore Philatelic Museum Collection 23-B Coleman Street, Singapore 179807 acm.org.sg spm.org.sg 85 Sultan Gate, Singapore 198501 malayheritage.org.sg c. 1960s, Singapore, Publisher: HARMY Malay Heritage Centre Collection, WAN QING CULTUREFEST 2016 ONCE UPON A TIME IN LITTLE INDIA National Heritage Board THE FALLING UNIVERSE OF FLOWERS BY 5 – 13 NOVEMBER 2016 22 OCTOBER 2016 – 21 JULY 2017 TEAMLAB AND SINGAPORE, VERY OLD TREE SUN YAT SEN NANYANG MEMORIAL HALL BY ROBERT ZHAO This year’s festival presents an exciting variety of programmes Once Upon a Time in Little India tells the story of FROM 10 DECEMBER 2016 showcasing Singapore’s vibrant Chinese cultural scene. Singapore’s Little India through historical and contem- Be spoilt for choice with a myriad of offerings featuring porary lenses, and draws parallels with diasporic NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE indoor and outdoor programmes such as music, dance settlements across the globe. The exhibition features The Singapore History Gallery will be enhanced by two new and theatre performances ranging from the traditional to contemporary art installations by leading artists Kumari immersive art installations. The first work is a digital art the contemporary! Keep a lookout for our stellar line-up of Nahappan, K Rajagopal and Navin Rawanchaikul alongside installation inspired by the William Farquhar Collection of activities and performances headlined by local artistes and historical artefacts. Natural History Drawings, entitled The Falling Universe of talents at this annual cultural extravaganza not to be missed! Flowers. Visitors will also see a photography installation 5 Campbell Lane, Singapore 209924 titled Singapore, Very Old Tree by Singaporean artist Robert 12 Tai Gin Road, Singapore 327874 A painting of Kandang Kerbau Fresh Food Market indianheritage.org.sg Zhao that explores the discourse of nature in Singapore, sysnmh.org.sg 1979, Oil on canvas, Painted in Singapore by Chua Mia Tee before they continue to explore the rest of the gallery. Gift of the Times Publishing Limited Hibiscus. Collection of National Heritage Board William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings. Early 19th century. Watercolour on paper. Gift of GK Goh. 93 Stamford Road, Singapore 178897 ONE NIGHT IN WUCHANG: 1911 REVOLUTION MALAY CULTUREFEST 2016 nationalmuseum.sg AND NANYANG SPECIAL EXHIBITION 15 OCTOBER – 5 NOVEMBER 2016 5 NOVEMBER 2016 – 30 APRIL 2017

MALAY HERITAGE CENTRE BEADING DEMONSTRATION SUN YAT SEN NANYANG MEMORIAL HALL Celebrate the richness and diversity of Malay culture 13 NOVEMBER & 11 DECEMBER 2016 One Night in Wuchang: 1911 Revolution and Nanyang traces and heritage as the annual Malay CultureFest returns! 2pm — 4pm the story of the Wuchang Uprising which marked the Under the theme of bahasa (language), the festival beginning of the 1911 Revolution that overthrew the Qing presents the Malay language through various creative PERANAKAN MUSEUM dynasty. While paying tribute to Dr. Sun Yat Sen and his and dynamic platforms such as oratorical performances, Watch a demonstration of traditional Peranakan beading revolutionary supporters, the exhibition also incorporates dance and music! Visitors may participate in an array while surrounded by beautiful artworks in the exhibition’s new interpretations of Chinese traditions as well as ideas of workshops such as song-writing, letterpress, silk- Maker’s Space. Meet beading doyenne Bebe Seet and gain such as republicanism, national identity and citizenship. screening and Jawi writing! bead-by-bead insights to this dynamic traditional art form. 12 Tai Gin Road, Singapore 327874 85 Sultan Gate, Singapore 198501 39 Armenian Street, Singapore 179941 sysnmh.org.sg malayheritage.org.sg peranakanmuseum.org.sg