News - Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum

POSTED ON July 14, 2020 BY Aw Jeanice

Announcement: We are Re-opening!

With Singapore’s transition into Phase Two, museums are allowed to re‐open to the public from 26 June 2020 onwards. We have been working hard to prepare for the re-opening of our gallery to safeguard the health and safety of our visitors and staff. We are pleased to announce that we will be re-opening to the

POSTED ON July 30, 2020 BY Aw Jeanice

In Memory of a Good Friend: Dr Lim Boo Liat (1926–2020)

Written by Professor Peter K. L. Ng He had been a mentor and friend for over 35 years. When I was young student running around Malaysia in the early 1980s chasing crabs, I spent a lot of time in the University of Malaya with stalwarts there like Yong Hoi Sen, A. Sasekumar, Richard Lim and

POSTED ON July 30, 2020 BY Aw Jeanice

Remembering Dr Lim Boo Liat (1926–2020)

Written by Kelvin K. P. Lim I became acquainted with Dr Lim Boo Liat in the early 1980s through his books and articles in magazines such as Malayan Nature Journal and Nature Malaysiana. I got to know him in person somewhere in the late 1980s or early 1990s during a trip up to Kuala Lumpur.

POSTED ON July 27, 2020 BY Aw Jeanice

SJADES 2018: Treasures from the Deep

Of Giant Significance A new species of deep-sea giant isopod, which was named Bathynomus raksasa, has been described by researchers from NUS and the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI). It is the first time that the genus Bathynomus has been collected in Indonesian waters and is also one of the largest known to science. Marine

POSTED ON July 20, 2020 BY Chua Keng Soon

Welcome Back Programmes

In line with the re-opening of our LKCNHM gallery on 16 July 2020, the Outreach and Education (OEU) unit will be offering Welcome Back Programmes! These are 1.5-hour, museum-based, indoor programmes for a maximum of 5 participants per Education staff, and will run from 25 July 2020 to 30 August 2020 (Thursdays to

POSTED ON June 5, 2020 BY Aw Jeanice

Edutainment Zoom: Activities for Children!

As the school term progresses, stay curious and learn with us through our ‘Edutainment Zoom’ programme! Every Saturday, from 13 June to 1 August, our staff and Museum partners will be hosting a series of eight educational and entertaining web sessions for children and young families. With story-telling sessions, drawing, live demonstrations and more, these

POSTED ON June 3, 2020 BY Peixuan Cai

E-Book Launch: 200 Points in Singapore’s Natural History

Exactly one year ago, LKCNHM launched the exhibition ‘200: a natural history’ to commemorate Singapore’s Bicentennial. The exhibition chronicles 200 natural history events from the last two centuries of modern Singapore, filling the walls of the temporary gallery with specimens, images and anecdotes of animals, plants, events, places and people that have played important roles

POSTED ON May 7, 2020 BY Aw Jeanice

May School Holidays Special!

The May school holidays have begun! Our Outreach and Education Unit are eager to share with you their new web-talk series, ‘Thursday Talk Shop’. Our Education officers will be inviting special guest speakers with expertise in natural or environmental sciences, and chat with them about their work experiences. In our first session, we were

POSTED ON May 4, 2020 BY Peixuan Cai

The Anthony J. Whitten (1953–2017) Memorial Issue

“In the last 10 days I’ve been told that two beetles have been named after me, something I find very flattering. … One is a blind, long-legged cave-restricted beetle, and the other is a dung beetle. But before you scoff too loudly, remember that in Ancient Egypt the dung beetles or scarabs were objects of

POSTED ON April 16, 2020 BY Aw Jeanice

From Dungun to Leiden: For the love of fireflies

This post is written by Dr. Wan Faridah Akmal Jusoh, Research Fellow at LKCNHM, for the Vereniging Nederland-Maleisie Newsletter (article republished with permission). I was born and raised in Dungun, a beautiful coastal district of the north-eastern peninsular Malaysian state of Terengganu. Unlike what you are probably imagining, I did not grow up by