National Heritage Board

Year 2008

29 Sep	National Heritage Board Invests S$8 Million Over Five Years to Transform Heritage Eco-System
23 Aug	Masriadi: Black is my Last Weapon
15 Aug	Official Launch of 8Q sam and Inaugural Exhibition 8Q-Rate: School
8 Aug	Local Company Composes "We Can Be Heroes" Song for National Day Video 2008
7 Aug	Lim Family Supports Singapore Art Museum with Donation of Xu Beihong's Important Artwork
1 Aug	National Heritage Board Celebrates 15
17 Jul	Leading Global Archivists Share Insights At Singapore's First International Conference On Records And Archives
7 Jul	Istana Art Event 2008
8 Jul	Peranakan Museum Welcomed 50,000 Visitors in Nine Weeks
2 Jul	Singapore Art Museum and Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation announce nominations for the inaugural Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Signature Art Prize
20 Jun	Alain Fleischer: Time Exposures
27 May	Museums Come Alive For Senior Citizens And Their Families At International Museum Day 2008
24 May	Donation of Chen Cheng Mei’s artworks to Singapore Art Museum
15 May	National Heritage Board Showcases Vietnam's Cultural Treasures In Its First Country-Themed Festival
13 May	Be Amused By Mark Lee and Vivian Lai In Explore Singapore!'s Television Special "Amuse Me"
5 May	Founding Director of Asian Civilisations Museum Announces Retirement
30 April	Seeing. Feeling. Being: Alberto Giacometti
17 Apr	Peranakan Museum - Singapore's Newest Museum Opens
15 Apr	51 Patrons Of Heritage Honoured - War Journal, Writings And Artworks Among Rare Personal Donations Made
15 Apr	Singapore Art Museum and Asia Pacific Breweries Foundation Announce a 15-Year Partnership and the APB Foundation Signature Art Prize Series
4 Apr	Singapore Art Museum and Xu Beihong Museum are proud to present Xu Beihong in Nanyang
29 Jan	Primary Colours: Feng Zhengjie

Year 2007

15 Nov	Singapore Philatelic Museum Launches "ASEAN: What We Have In Common" Exhibition
1 Nov	Trace The Spread Of Buddhism Through The Journeys Of Well-Travelled Monks On The Nalanda Trail
30 Oct	Explore Singapore! Brings Heritage Closer To The Masses With Month-Long Activities At Museums And Libraries
24 Oct	National Heritage Board Invites Nominations For Patron Of Heritage Awards 2007
17 Sept	National Heritage Board Charts Fresh Directions With The Appointment Of New Board Members
12 Sept	Children Become Big Spenders In Art Auction At The Asian Civilisations Museum
28 Aug	National Heritage Board Launches First Children's Storybook Featuring Four National Museums
27 Aug	Exhibition on Beauty Takes The Visitor From The Sensual To The Sublime
20 Jul	National Stamp Art Exhibiton Celebrates Singapore
18 Jul	Your Stories, Our Heritage
11 Jul	The New Exhibition of Chinese Snuff Bottles At The Asian Civilisations Museum
3 Jul	The National Heritage Board Organises Inaugural Asean Museum Directors’ Symposium
25 May	The Asian Civilisations Museum Launches Catalogue Of Region’s Best Collection of South Asian Art And Culture
7 May	Singapore Museums Celebrate International Museum Day with more than 80 Lifestyle Events and Activities
2 May	Asian Beauties Grace New Exhibition at the Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore
26 Apr	Singapore Hosts Major Global Gathering of 49 Museum Delegates from 22 Countries
3 Apr	National Heritage Board's First Patron of Heritage Awards recognises more than S$118 million worth of donations & loans
30 Jan	Museum Unveils Largest Exhibition of Singapore Postcards

Year 2006

26 Oct	NHB partners NLB and MDA in a Three-Month Initiative to Ignite Interest in Discovering Singapore
11 Sep	National Heritage Board Launches Singapore: The Encyclopedia
21 Aug	National Heritage Board Appoints New Chief Executive
24 July	National Heritage Board Breaks Museum Visitorship Records Yet Again
24 May	Press Invite to PLAY @ ACM
24 May	Press Invite to Off-the-Wall Party
16 May	Singapore Museums Celebrate International Museum Day with Largest Ever Multi-Venue Event
18 Apr	National Heritage Board Appoints Three New Honorary Chairmen
1 Mar	Museum Roundtable Launches Singapore's First Heritage And Museum Blog
16 Feb	National Monument Old Ford Motor Factory Reopens as Newest World War II Attraction
29 Jan	Closure of the Singapore History Museum & Rivertales Exhibition at Riverside Point from 6 March 2006

Year 2005

22 Nov	National Heritage Board Undertakes Greater Role In Championing Singapore’s Museum and Heritage Sector
11 Nov	NHB Museums to further delight customers through service excellence
22 Sep	National Heritage Board Appoints 12 New Board Members
30 Aug	National Heritage Board launches 'The End … The Beginning' exhibition to commemorate the end of World War II in Asia
25 Jul	Celebrate Singapore’s 40th Birthday with an 'Iconic' Exhibition: Love Me Love Me Not – Icons And Identities of Singapore
01 Jul	NHB Featured in Public Sector Technology & Management Magazine
29 May	National Heritage Board Launches Singapore’s National Family Tree Portal
10 May	National Heritage Board Achieve Record Museum Visitorship and Reaches out to more than Two Million in FY 04
26 Apr	More Than 170,000 Youths Reached By The National Heritage Board
8 Mar	Asian Civilisations Museum Celebrates 80 Years of Kebaya Legacy
1 Mar	Anime-tic Experience at the Asian Civilisations Museum!
29 Jan	National Heritage Board Launches The Singapore River Trail – The First Comprehensive Permanent Walking Trail Along The River and Singapore’s Second Permanent Trail
27 Jan	Singapore Philatelic Museum Launches “The Chicken Story” Exhibition to Celebrate the Zodiac Year of the Rooster
3 Jan	Back By Popular Demand- Singapore Short Cuts The Best of Singapore Short Films at Singapore History Museum

Year 2004

14 Dec	Funky Street and Evening Wear Inspired by NHB Museums Sashays into Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place
01 Dec	National Archives of Malaysia and Singapore Jointly Organise Pioneering Exhibition of Historic Postcards
29 Jul	Project M - National Heritage Board Launches Funky New Brand To Reach Out To Youths
23 Jul	Appointment of Honorary Chairmen, Patron & International Advisor of NHB and its Institutions
16 Jul	Singapore HeritageFest 2004 - The Heritage Influence on Our Future
01 Jul	Ju Ming 2004/05: Singapore · Beijing · Shanghai
08 Jun	Singapore hosts ASEAN-COCI Sub-Committee on Culture Meeting For First Time
20 May	Rare Chinese Landscape Paintings from Shanghai Museum on Display for First Time in Singapore
13 May	Project to Honour Brother Joseph Mcnally – Installation of Sculpture in Ireland
02 Apr	Fascination with Nature: Finger Paintings by Wu Tsai Yen
31 Mar	Sari to Sarong: Five hundred years of Indian and Indonesian textile exchange
29 Mar	The Singapore Art Museum and DesignSingapore Council present ManyWaysOfSeeing Exhibition
05 Mar	MUSEUM HOPPING - The Asia-Europe Marketplace for Sharing Cultural Heritage

Year 2003

30 Dec	Singapore Philatelic Museum Launches Monkeys and Apes Exhibition to Celebrate the Zodiac Year of the Monkey
29 Dec	Zodiac Series - Monkey Stamp Exhibition & Fair
15 Dec	Tze Peng (Zi Ping): A visual journey through the life and work of artist Lim Tze Peng
27 Nov	History and Art on the Move - National Heritage Board launches the Heritage Express
18 Nov	National Heritage Board Thanks its Benefactors for their Generous Support
07 Nov	Savour the Rare Tok Panjang from the Historic Collection of the Yap Ah Loy
27 Oct	WoodLand: Nature, Environment, Community & Art
10 Oct	Singapore Philatelic Museum launches Appreciation Gathering for contributors, sponsors and supporters of “The Intangible/Read between the Lines, An Exhibition of Artistamps”
25 Sep	National Heritage Board Receives $200,000 to Preserve Historic Site where Singapore was Surrendered to the Japanese during World War II
18 Sep	Design Design! - National Heritage Board Museums Collaborate on Their First Design Themed Festival
12 Sep	Historically Significant Black Watermans Pen from the Sotheby’s-Lee Kuan Yew
09 Sep	Singapore Philatelic Museum presents "Hola!" from Mexico - A Travelling Exhibition by Servicio Postal Mexicano
08 Sep	Convergences of Art, Science and Technology (CAST)
03 Sep	Spirit of Wood - The Art of Woodcarving in the Northeast Malay Peninsula
25 Aug	Rivertales - Splashing with History!
17 Mar	Singapore Skyline Exhibition
17 Mar	Encounters with Modernism - Highlights from the Stedelijk Museum