How to draw more visitors to museums?
Why, by spreading rumours of course. This, at least, was what the Indonesian experience was when museum directors found out ...
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.
Vietnamese rock art debuts in Sweden
The petroglyphs at Sapa will be featured in a special exhibition at the Vasterrbotten Museum in Sweden, to commemorate 40 ...
Quang Ngai Museum devotes room to Sa Huynh culture
As part of the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the Sa Huynh culture, the Quang Ngai Museum opens a ...
Vietnamese Museum receives 200 artefacts
The UNESCO Vietnam's Ancient Relics Preservation Centre donates over 200 artefacts to the Vietnamese Army Ordnance Museum. Antiques donated to ...
The ruins of Ayutthaya, Venice of the East
A couple of weeks ago, I visited Thailand and made a trip to the ancient city of Ayutthaya, capital of ...
Public Lecture: The Spread of Vaishnavism: Religion, Trade and State in Early Historic Southeast Asia
If you're in Singapore, check out this talk by Prof. Pierre-Yves Manguin at the Asian Civilisations Museum on Thursday. Registrations ...
Shipwreck artefacts on display at Khanh Hoa Museum
At the Khanh Hoa Museum in Vietnam, another exhibition opens showcasing artefacts recovered from six shipwrecks found in Vietnamese waters. ...
Wednesday Rojak #60 – The Broken Pagoda edition
It's truly a rojak edition of rojak - I can't find a theme to string all these posts through! We've ...
Sarawak Museum plans on preserving culture of native tribes
The Sarawak Museum reveals current projects to survey and study cultural aspects of the native tribes, such as the practice ...
No such thing as bad publicity for beleaguered Indonesian museum
For all the bad press the Radya Pustaka Museum in Solo has been getting this past year, it goes to ...
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