Exhibition on kris to be held in Kelantan
The Malaysian state of Kelantan is planning to hold an exhibition in June featuring the kris, or Malay dagger, as ...
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.
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 ...
Public Lecture: Pots and How They are Made in Southeast Asia
Readers in Singapore may be interested in this talk about ceramics production in Mainland SEA by Louise Cort and Leedom ...
Perak Museum to be turned into archaeological museum to showcase Lenggong Valley
A museum in Ipoh, the state capital of Perak, will be converted into an archaeological museum in anticipation of the ...
New exhibition showcases dragons on Vietnamese antiquities
Well, it is the year of the dragon after all. A new exhibition at the National History Museum in Hanoi ...
Museum holds exhibition for city’s 750th anniversary
The Nam Dinh Province Museum is holding an exhibition in conjunction with the city's 750th anniversary. Exhibition explores Nam Dinh's ...
Revisiting the Jewel of Muscat
Remember this? Yes, it's the Jewel of Muscat! It is a reconstruction of the Belitung shipwreck built by the Sultanate ...
Tang shipwreck treasures at the Asian Civilisations Museum
I briefly mentioned this at my last post about the Belitung Shipwreck - The Tang Treasures are now on display ...
Shipwrecks and Shark's Fin Soup
I was on holiday when the Smithsonian announced that it would not be hosting the Belitung Shipwreck exhibition last month. ...
Shortage of conservators in Malaysia
A feature on a conservator at the National Museum of Malaysia, and how there are not enough conservators to look ...
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