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Final Weekend Programme (May 10th-11th)

at The Peranakan Museum

Exhibitions to view: Junk To Jewels , guest curated by Baba Peter Lee!

Catch the Ba Bazaar, the food & craft fair from 11am- 6pm both days! 

Craft stalls such as Pinang Peranakan Mansion, Guan Antiques, Foundation Jewellers, Flora Wee, Straits Antiques, Ang Eng Baju Kebaya and Abbey Collection will be there!

Food will be on sale too. Come and catch Rumah Bebe, Good-O- Times, Chili Padi, Ivins, Rose Apple Deli, Kim Choo's Kitchen, and Guan Hoe Soon at the fair!

 
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01. Hot April's Night- Revised: Videos Added

25th April 2008. The opening of the Peranakan Museum. Carpark next to the new museum adorns a white tent to host the event.

 

 


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02. Peranakan Like Me

Curator sieves through his own heritage to make galleries at new museum relevant By Deepika Shetty, Straits Times, 26 April 2008

At his job interview, Peranakan Museum curator Randall Ee was shown photographs of six Nonya artefacts and quizzed on them.

He ended up telling the interviewers more than they knew and got the job. He is one of the key curators of the museum in Armenian Street, which opens today.

 

Randall Ee

 

Recalling that day six years ago, the 33-year-old, who is a Peranakan himself, says: 'I didn't think it was very challenging. I was asked about things like the kamcheng, a covered container which the Peranakans used to store and serve food or water.

 

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02. Peranakan show and tell

A new museum, which showcases more than 1,200 items of Straits Chinese artefacts, tells the stories behind them By Deepika Shetty, Life! Straits Times 18th April 2008

 

Peranakan Museum

 

Museums are much more than about items on display these days. They are about the stories behind the things as well.

Take the $12-million boutique Peranakan Museum, which opens next Saturday in what was once the Tao Nan School in Armenian Street. Work on it started just over two years ago.

The world's most comprehensive collection of Straits Chinese, or Peranakan artefacts, it contains more than 1,200 items showcasing this unique South-east Asian culture.


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03. Interactive Play @ the Musuem

Backstage at The Peranakan Museum - Preparing for the interactive Play 

 

26th April 2008- Interactive Play- Live!



We're currently editing footage from this last weekend. We'll be putting more up shortly. Please check back here for the following:

• Baba Wedding 

• Fashion Shows

• Cooking Talk

• Peranakan Voices on Stage

 
04. Latest Videos from 26-27th April

Thanks for your patience, here's something to whet the appetite- How to tie a Sarong? Do you know? Click here to see Bebe Seet's Introduction to Nyonya Newbies, on how to tie it right! Enjoy!

12:50pm 

 

1:45pm We take you behind the scenes to check out the preparation for the Peranakan Wedding! 


 

 
05. Museums are in his blood

Museum doyen Kenson Kwok wants to visit Rome after he retires at the end of the year, and you can expect a museum to be on his itinerary By Deepika Shetty Straits Times Life 6th May 2008

Kensen Kwok
BIDDING FAREWELL: Like this sculpture of a girl waving goodbye at the Peranakan Museum, museum director Dr Kwok is doing the same after spending 17 years at the National Heritage Board. -- ST PHOTOS: SHAHRIYA YAHAYA
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