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Sarawak Museum to reacquire Niah Cave bones from US

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The Sarawak Museum announced a plan to repatriate a set of bones from the Niah [...]

Sangiran Museum set to open 2014

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Sangiran’s new museum is set to open in a couple of years, showcasing the finds [...]

WSJ review of the Vietnamese ceramics exhibition at the Birmingham Museum

Dragon Ewer, Wall Street Journal 20120215

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The Wall Street Journal has a review of the recently-opened exhibition on Vietnamese ceramics at [...]

Tang Treasures at the Asian Civilisations Museum

Tang Treasures exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum

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Some of the gold and ceramics from the Belitung Shipwreck are now at the Asian [...]

Exhibition on kris to be held in Kelantan

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The Malaysian state of Kelantan is planning to hold an exhibition in June featuring the [...]

Call for Papers: UMAC 2012

Readers may be interested in the upcoming International Committee for University Museums and Collections 12th Annual Meeting to be held at the National University of Singapore this October. Paper proposals are open until May.

UMAC2012 Singapore Encountering Limits: The University Museum 10-12 October 2012 Download the Flyer here.

Public Lecture: Pots and How They are Made in Southeast Asia

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Readers in Singapore may be interested in this talk about ceramics production in Mainland SEA [...]

Perak Museum to be turned into archaeological museum to showcase Lenggong Valley

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A museum in Ipoh, the state capital of Perak, will be converted into an archaeological [...]

New exhibition showcases dragons on Vietnamese antiquities

Stone Pole with dragon image from Ly Dynasty. Vietnam Net Bridge 20120131

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Well, it is the year of the dragon after all. A new exhibition at the [...]

Museum holds exhibition for city’s 750th anniversary

Display at the Nam Dinh Museum, Vietnam Net Bridge 20120117

The Nam Dinh Province Museum is holding an exhibition in conjunction with the city’s 750th anniversary.

Display at the Nam Dinh Museum, Vietnam Net Bridge 20120117

Exhibition explores Nam Dinh’s history Vietnam Net Bridge, 17 January 2012

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