Netherlands returns 1,500 historical artifacts to Indonesia
via Jakarta Post, 07 January 2020: The return of the objects from the Nusantara Museum was reported four years ago.
Tag: museums
News reports and information about museums and museums studies related to Southeast Asian archaeology and cultural heritage. ICOM celebrates International Museum Day every year on May 18.
Angkor Panorama Museum closes as North Korean businesses ordered to shut down
via Korea Herald, 05 Jan 2020: The North Korean-run Angkor Panorama Museum is closed as UN Sanctions take effect and ...
Museums need evaluation to improve: expert
via Vietnam Net, 26 December 2019: An interview with the former director of the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology on the ...
Visayas presidential residence to be converted into a museum
via SunStar, 14 December 2019: The Malacañang sa Sugbo in Cebu will be turned into a National Museum after a ...
[Short course] Singapore, Southeast Asia and the Sea
via NUS Museum: A short course by Prof. John Miksic on the archaeology of Singapore and the Maritime Silk Route. ...
ACM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP GRANT 2020-2021
Closing date is 31 Jan 2020. The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) invites scholars to apply for fellowships
Meet Kuching’s latest landmark
via The Star, 02 Nov 2019: The architecture of the new Sarawak Museum. With its striking diamond-patterned facade, arched canopies ...
Making Connections Through World Collections: Appeal for Information on John Hewitt and Ethnographic Collections from Sarawak in the UK
via the Museum Ethnographers' Blog, 27 October 2019: Perhaps some readers can help shed light on this puzzle from Sarawak?
Scroll depicting early life of Buddha goes on display for first time
via The Guardian, 24 October 2019: The British Library has an exhibition on Buddhism until February 2019, with a crown ...
International Workshop on Curating and Conserving Religious Objects in Museums, Taibao, 16-17 November 2019
Readers in Taibao may be interested in this workshop at the Southern Branch of the National Palace Museum on 16-17 ...
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