Get ready! The Museum Roundtable‘s annual Lunar New Year Red Packet giveaway starts next Tuesday, 20 January! For more information, visit the website here. Do note though, we are giving out the LKCNHM red packets at the front office of our (now closed) gallery, as our new building isn’t ready yet. Please drop by between...Read More
Exclusive Valentine’s Day Programme: Love Gone Wild
Romance your special someone amidst the lush tropical vegetation and the scenic, rustic charms of Pulau Ubin this Valentine’s Day! Engage your senses as you explore the Sensory Trail with our nature guides Be captivated by the amazing biodiversity in the mangroves Fun-filled activities including a romance-themed scavenger hunt and stand a chance to win...Read More
LKCNHM featured in “Youths use their free time to go green”
The museum’s outreach and education unit was featured by Channel NewsAsia Singapore on 29 Dec 2014 in a spotlight on the environment and youths. Scientific Officer, Tammy Lim, spoke about how nature walks such as the Sunburst Environment Programme in Nov 2014 can help increase nature awareness and biodiversity conservation efforts among youths (from 4:01...Read More
Museums remind us dinosaurs still fly
Museums remind us dinosaurs still fly BY PETER NG FOR THE STRAITS TIMES (PUBLISHED 24 DECEMBER 2014) What is a museum? The Oxford Dictionary defines it “as a building used for storing and exhibition of objects illustrating antiquities, natural history, art, etc”. In the modern world, it is often seen as a byword for “old...Read More
Pedal Ubin on Ubin day (30 November 2014)
While we are busy moving, our volunteers, the Toddycats have been busy! Here is one event we took part in last month, Ubin Day....Read More
Coming to our Heritage Gallery when the Museum opens: A piece of WWII history.
Text in English Book by ex–POW to be honoured at nature museum Bird enthusiast wrote it while being held at Changi Prison during WWII by Audrey Tan ORNITHOLOGIST Guy Charles Madoc did not let his time as a prisoner of war stop him from writing about his passion. By May 1943, less than a year after his -capture by the Japanese during World...Read More
Internship position open
We will be officially opened in Apr 2015!
It’s official! We will be opened in Apr 2015! It would be a joyous occasion, and we are also excited to be part of the SG50 and NUS110 celebration. More details will be announced soon....Read More
New record of a snake species in Singapore!
A new record of a snake species in Singapore has been found from the Central Catchment Nature Reserve (CCNR)! Two blackwater mudsnakes (Phytolopsis punctata) were found at Nee Soon Swamp Forest in CCNR on 12 Sep 2014. Little is known about the biology of the snake as they are rarely recorded, possibly owing to their...Read More
Join us for our December Holiday Programmes
Learn about biodiversity and natural history with us this December holiday! Limited places are available. To sign up or find out more, please contact: Ms Tammy Lim (nhmlimt@nus.edu.sg). 1. Under the Sea! Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? Which fairytale princess traded in her tail for legs? Many of the characters from children’s...Read More