News - Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum

POSTED ON January 7, 2020 BY Chua Keng Soon

Limited edition LKCNHM red packets are available now

POSTED ON November 5, 2019 BY Clarisse Tan

Campus Plant Identifier: FloraSG

It seems that almost every corner of NUS’s Kent Ridge campus is near some form of greenery—from large, towering tembusu trees (Cyrtophyllum fragrans), to the pretty pink flowers of the trumpet tree (Tabebuia rosea). With the FloraSG app, you’ll be able to identify 60 native plants at the University Hall on the Kent Ridge Campus.

POSTED ON October 30, 2019 BY Clarisse Tan

Year-end School Holiday Activities!

Come join us for some fun activities during the upcoming school holidays! Check out the details in the posters below. Year-end School Holiday Crafts Make Animals Great Again Book Launch (16 Nov) Ex-Code-Vate (30 Nov) Paper Weaving Craft (15 Dec)

POSTED ON September 9, 2019 BY Clarisse Tan

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Media Officer

We are looking for a Media Officer to help at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM). Description The duties and responsibilities of the incumbent, in the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM), include but are not limited to the following – Manage (including responding to queries and comments) and grow the museum’s

POSTED ON September 3, 2019 BY Clarisse Tan

Wallace & Ali Statue Launch

After months of hard work and preparation, last Friday we officially unveiled the latest addition to our museum! A statue of British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace and Ali, his trusted assistant, now stands in front of our museum. Crafted by students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, the statue celebrates Wallace and Ali’s explorations

POSTED ON July 25, 2019 BY Clarisse Tan

Untangling the Knotted Identities of Commercially Important Swimming Crabs

Are you sure the seafood you are consuming is what it says on the label or the menu? In 2015, a survey of Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) meat sold in supermarkets and restaurants in Maryland, USA, revealed that nearly 50% of the products tested were from totally different, non-Atlantic species. DNA barcoding matched a

POSTED ON June 20, 2019 BY Clarisse Tan

Visit by Professor Tommy Koh and Diplomats from 22 Countries

We are honoured to have hosted Prof. Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Dean of the Diplomatic Corps, H.E. James Sinclair Manley, Ambassador from Chile; and diplomats from 21 other countries all over the world during their visit here recently. They enjoyed a tour of our gallery and new bicentennial exhibition,

POSTED ON June 19, 2019 BY Maosheng Foo

Public Talk by Undergraduate – Leshon Lee

Guess what’s been ruffling Polly’s feathers? While birds are one of the most understood group of animals in the world, underneath their feathery exteriors lie an incredibly diverse and hidden community of parasites called avian lice. Join NUS undergraduate Leshon Lee as he explores the strange lives of these much neglected and maligned insects, and

POSTED ON June 7, 2019 BY Clarisse Tan

‘200: a natural history’ Exhibition Launch

We held the official launch of our new exhibition, ‘200: a natural history’, on 3 June. Held in conjunction with Singapore’s Bicentennial activities, the exhibition highlights significant events and stories in the past 200 years of Singapore’s natural history. Our Guest of Honour for the exhibition launch was Ms. Grace Fu, the Minister for Culture,

POSTED ON June 3, 2019 BY Clarisse Tan

Museum Tour for Symposium Participants

Last Friday, a group of academic staff from institutes of higher education in ASEAN had a tour of our museum gallery, courtesy of our Deputy Head, Prof. Darren Yeo. They were here as participants of a 2-day symposium hosted by the Faculty of Science of NUS, titled: Higher Education in a Disruptive Landscape: The State