Peacock Power: Beauty and Symbolism Across Cultures
With its dazzling feathers and spectacular tail, the peacock has long symbolised beauty, power, and divinity across Asia. Its image travelled widely, inspiring sacred imagery, luxury ornament, and everyday adornment. Shaped by diverse cultural influences, Peranakan art provides an ideal starting point for this journey. Each object invites us to consider how a motif moved between regions and contexts, revealing the networks that connect peoples and how artistic traditions evolve through exchange.
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Auspicious Designs: Batik for Peranakan Altars
11 April 2014 - 25 January 2015Colourful and imaginative, batik altar cloths blend traditions and influences, showing how Peranakans adapted and improvised.
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Luminous Depths
20 June - 22 September 2013A contemporary installation in the atrium of the Peranakan Museum will explore the nature of collecting, and ask how a museum develops.
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“Emily of Emerald Hill”: Singaporean Identity on Stage
1 June 2012 - 7 April 2013The highlight of this exhibition will be an installation of a stage-like gallery by Stella Kon, incorporating family objects and other works drawn from the collection of the Peranakan Museum.
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Sarong Kebaya: Peranakan Fashion and Its International Sources
1 April 2011 - 8 April 2012Explore the sarong kebaya - favoured fashion of Peranakan women for generations - in this special exhibition at the Peranakan Museum.
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Baba Bling: The Peranakans and Their Jewellery
29 May - 13 December 2009This exhibition is a celebration of the Peranakans' love of their unique jewellery style, a style which has become popular even with non-Peranakans.
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