Wednesday Rojak #9
We've got a number of features in this week's Rojak, we take a look at some Cambodian museums, remember the ...
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.
One man’s obsession is another man’s museum
I wonder what the editor was thinking when he wrote the headline to the story. But yes, it almost seems ...
Angkor exhibition in Zurich
Readers in Zurich might be interested in an ongoing exhibition on Angkor at the Reitburg Museum.
Indonesian museums face the future
Two stories featuring the museums in Jakarta, both concerned with how to make museums more relevant for a future, different ...
Bronze cannon donated to museum
Cannon and gunpowder technology were first invented in China, which must have surely diffused towards Southeast Asia. The technology was ...
Ancient tree trunk coffin received at museum
An ancient tree-trunk coffin, found in the Quang Tri Province of Vietnam, is donated to the local museum. The coffin ...
Muzium Negara renovation update
09 August 2007 (New Straits Times) - Earlier this year, the national museum of Malaysia (Muzium Negara) announced that it ...
Kris exhibition in Bali
A story about the Kris, or keris, the characteristic wavy-bladed knives of the Malay world, in conjunction with an exhibition ...
Malaysian museum pieces long gone with the wind?
A parliamentary debate over the deplorable state of Malaysia's museums collections reveal and underlying problem: the process of colonialism have ...
Nei Xue Tang: A Museum of Buddhist Art – Part 2
The bulk of the artefacts featured in this series is focused on the material culture from Southeast Asia - however, ...
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