This year’s festive celebrations may feel very different for many locals and visitors to Singapore, but why not lean into it and do something different? Instead of gathering for a […]...Read More
Children’s Season 2020: Explore with Ai!
This December school holidays, the National Heritage Board brings back the Children’s Season 2020 with a myriad of activities across the Museum Roundtable participating museums. From a virtual adventure to […]...Read More
December Special: Edutainment Zoom Season 3!
The December school holidays are finally here, and so are our Edutainment Zoom sessions for children and young families! Season 3 brings to you a series of talks, demonstrations, storytelling […]...Read More
Whales, connecting two nations in Science
To many Colombians, humpback whales are a big part of their lives. Every year, hundreds of humpback whales migrate from the icy Antarctic waters to the warmer waters along Colombia’s […]...Read More
[Event] C.S.I. at LKCNHM: Demise of the Professor
In collaboration with the NUS Forensic Science and NUS Physics Department, we present you with another murder mystery! Join us as crime scene investigators from 9 to 13 December 2020, […]...Read More
The Man and Story behind LKCNHM’s Iconic Building
Our museum building in all its glory was featured in the Straits Times last week. The bold and artistic architectural design of Singapore’s first natural history museum is the work […]...Read More
Webinar on Whales, Colombia and Singapore!
In November, we bring you a special webinar on whales jointly organised with the Embassy of Colombia in Singapore! A Window to Colombia: The Humpback Whales Date: 3 November 2020, TuesdayTime: […]...Read More
Letting Data Take Wing: Creating a digital butterfly collection
This feature is written by Everlyn Julya Koh, who undertook an internship with the butterfly digitisation project. In 2019, the museum embarked on a butterfly digitisation project with an aim […]...Read More
A Gem from the Mangroves of Kerala, India: New Tree-climbing Crab Species
This section first appeared in NUS Research News on 30 September 2020. A new species of tree-spider crab, Leptarma biju, has been uncovered from the mangroves in Kerala, India, by researchers from the […]...Read More
Playing a Part in COVID-19 Response Efforts
In response to the spread of the novel Coronavirus during the earlier part of 2020, Singapore moved quickly to repurpose numerous venues across the island to isolate and care for […]...Read More