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National Heritage Board
Lembaga Warisan Negara (Malay)
国家文物局 (Chinese)
தேசிய மரபுடைமைக் கழகம் (Tamil)
Agency overview
Formed1 August 1993; 30 years ago (1993-08-01)
Preceding agency
  • National Archives, National Museum and Oral History Department
JurisdictionGovernment of Singapore[1]
Annual budgetS$104 million (2010)
Minister responsible
  • Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth
Deputy Ministers responsible
  • Low Yen Ling, Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth
  • Alvin Tan, Minister of State for Culture, Community and Youth
  • Eric Chua, Parliamentary Secretary for Culture, Community and Youth
Agency executives
  • Yeoh Chee Yan, Chairman
  • Chang Hwee Nee, CEO
  • Alvin Tan, Deputy Chief Executive (Policy & Community)
  • Chan Yin Teng Jennifer, Deputy Chief Executive (Corporate Development)
  • Ting Wei Jin Kennie, Group Director (Museums)
Parent agencyMinistry of Culture, Community and Youth
Child agencies
Websitewww.nhb.gov.sg

The National Heritage Board (NHB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) of the Government of Singapore. It was formed on 1 August 1993.[2]

National Museums and Heritage Institutions

The National Heritage Board operates the following national museums and heritage institutions.

Museums
  1. Asian Civilisations Museum[3][4]
  2. National Museum of Singapore[5][6]
  3. Peranakan Museum[7][8][9]
  4. Singapore Philatelic Museum[10] (to be rebranded as Children's Museum Singapore)[11]
  5. Reflections at Bukit Chandu[12]
Heritage Institutions
  1. Language
  2. Preservation of Sites and Monuments[13]
  3. Heritage Conservation Centre[14][15] - architecture and building project
  1. Indian Heritage Centre[16]
  2. Malay Heritage Centre[17]
  3. Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall[18]

Museum Roundtable

The Museum Roundtable is an initiative led by NHB since 1996.[19][20]

There are more than 50 members for this initiative, consisting of public and private museums, heritage galleries and attractions in Singapore such as the Singapore Art Museum, the National Museum of Singapore, the Asian Civilisations Museum, the Science Centre Singapore and the National Library of Singapore.

It regularly organises joint-events with the NHB and other private and public partners in an attempt to elevate Singapore's heritage and museological landscape. Examples of such key events are International Museum Day, which is held annually in May, and Children's Season, which aims to cultivate museum-going interests in children with exhibits and installations at various participating museums.[21]

Publications

References

  1. ^ National Library Board Act (Cap. 197)
  2. ^ "About NHB". National Heritage Board. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Asian Civilisations Museum". Singapore Tourism Board. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Asian Civilisations Museum". Asia-Europe Museum Network. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  5. ^ "National Museum of Singapore". Singapore Tourism Board. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  6. ^ "National Museum of Singapore". Asia-Europe Museum Network. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  7. ^ "Peranakan Museum". Singapore Tourism Board. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  8. ^ "National Museum of Singapore Director awarded knighthood". Asia-Europe Museum Network. 6 September 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  9. ^ "Peranakan Museum, Singapore". Asia-Europe Museum Network. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Singapore Philatelic Museum". Singapore Tourism Board. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  11. ^ "Singapore Philatelic Museum". www.nhb.gov.sg. Retrieved 14 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Reflections at Bukit Chandu". Singapore Tourism Board. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  13. ^ Preservation of Monuments Act (Cap. 239)
  14. ^ Heritage Conservation Centre Singapore. Singapore: Heritage Conservation Centre. 2001. OCLC 929537123.
  15. ^ "Heritage Conservation Centre Singapore". AWP Pte Ltd. 2010.
  16. ^ "Indian Heritage Centre, Singapore". Asia-Europe Museum Network. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  17. ^ "Malay Heritage Centre, Singapore". Asia-Europe Museum Network. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  18. ^ "Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall". Singapore Tourism Board. 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  19. ^ "Jubilee Weekend - Museum Roundtable". SG50 Programme Office. August 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2018.
  20. ^ Ooi, Can-Seng (2002). "Cultural Tourism & Tourism Cultures: The Business of Mediating Experiences in Copenhagen and Singapore". Prikaz Knjige. Copenhagen Business School Press. ISBN 87-630-0091-1. OCLC 865252703.
  21. ^ YourSingapore.com - Children's Season 2011

Further reading

External links


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