Museum On Wheels

Singapore - A mobile museum will head to schools, libraries and orphanages in the heartlands, making it easier for children to learn about Singapore‘s heritage via hands-on experience.

Local food, wedding clothes and games are the first themes featured on the Colours Of Heritage bus. Visitors can sniff spices such as ginger and chilli, feel sari silks or lace fabrics and try a game of hopscotch on the floor.

Museum guides, some in traditional dress, will stage games outside the vehicle to complement the internal multimedia displays and props.

Games and dressing-up activities will be a key feature of the mobile museum, which will make a two- to three-hour stop at any place that has asked for its services.

The idea of a museum-on-wheels is to take heritage to children, so that they can understand it better, said National Heritage Board CEO Michael Koh.

The bus will start its initial six-month run with a stop at Bukit Merah Regional Library this Friday.

Any organisation or person can request the services of the bus from the board‘s Education and Outreach department at mystory.sg.

A $50 registration fee will be charged, though Mr Koh said this could be subsidised for orphanages or other charitable institutions.

The travelling exhibition is a joint project by NHB, the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mica), the Media Development Authority, the National Arts Council, the National Library Board and the Info-Comm Development Authority of Singapore.

It was launched on Monday at Tanjong Pagar Plaza by Mr Sam Tan, Parliamentary Secretary for Mica and the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Akshita Nanda

Source: http://www.straitstimes.com

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