Playtime by the River! with Tina Sim
Sat, 27 May | 3:30 - 5pm
Sun, 28 May | 3:30 - 5pm
Venue: Discovery Room, ACM Basement
Fee: $20 per pax
Note: Suitable for ages 5 to 10
In this workshop, you will be introduced to the busy Singapore River in its heyday. Learn about the bumboats that carried cargo down the river, make your own origami version, and re-imagine the Singapore river by drawing it out.
The session will be jointly conducted by Tina Sim and Alan Bay, author, and illustrator for Once Upon a Singapore – Traders and Our Singapore River, Time Travel, Singapore!
Curated by the Asian Civilisation Museum as part of the Down the River, Along the Streets of ACM.
About Tina Sim
Tina Sim writes about what life used to be like in Singapore. She is the author of Our Singapore River, Time Travel Singapore, which takes readers back to a day on the river when it was busy, lively, noisy — and smelly! Learn about boatmen, coolies, and merchants, and the ships and cargo that came through the port. She also explains how the river became a vibrant entrepôt, and how Singapore as a nation grew out of this early port.
