Landmark endeavour to digitise 10,000 historically important specimens collected from Singapore over the last 200 years
Today, the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM) at the National University of Singapore and the Natural History Museum in London held the inaugural launch of SIGNIFY: A Digital […]
READ MORELaunch of Body Snatchers: Nature’s Zombies and Vampires Exhibition
In view of Halloween this year, the museum launched its creepiest exhibition yet—Body Snatchers: Nature’s Zombies and Vampires which invites visitors to step into nature’s horrifying yet wonderful world of […]
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During the September school holidays, sixty aspiring young naturalists participated in the Documenting Nature Workshop held at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM). Open to youths from 7 […]
READ MOREDocumenting Nature Workshop @ LKCNHM
School’s out in a month! This September school holidays, participate in our Documenting Nature workshop to become a young, budding naturalist. In this three-hour workshop jammed pack with hands-on activities […]
READ MOREA Study in Natural History: A Presentation by Students
‘A Study in Natural History’ is a month-long temporary showcase prepared by museum lecturer Dr Ang Yuchen and his students from the NUS University Scholars Programme (USP). The student presentation […]
READ MOREVisit by Our Prime Minister
We are delighted that PM Lee and his wife took time out to visit our museum over the weekend. During his visit, PM Lee took an awesome photograph of the Wallace & Ali statue, sculpted by students from the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. The statue features renowned British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, who spent
READ MOREYear-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)
READ MOREWallace & 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
READ MOREUntangling 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
READ MOREVisit 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,
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