Talks & Workshops

A Lighter Side of History: A Sharing Session by Matthew Tay

6 May • 10:30am

You may have seen him on TikTok, navigating the roads of Singapore as the nation’s youngest bus captain. Come spend your Saturday with Matthew Tay and his friends as they present their bus memorabilia and share their love for buses!

Get Crafty! Bead a Classic Car Keychain

13 - 14 May • 12:00pm • Peranakan Museum

Get imaginative and create your own beaded vintage car keychain using perler beads, inspired by the classic cars parked along Armenian Street!

Let's Race: Create a Box Car Workshop

13 - 14 May • 02:00pm • Peranakan Museum

Ready to race? In this workshop, create a life-sized cardboard box car and decorate it to match your personality. Then, use your car to “race” down Armenian Street!

Our Amazing Pioneers! with Shawn Seah

28 May • 01:30pm • Asian Civilisations Museum

Discover exciting and lesser-known stories of our amazing pioneers hidden behind street names such as Eu Chin Street, Liang Seah Street, and Seng Poh Lane, and connected to MRT stations such as Bendemeer and Aljunied. Explore history, and much more!

Indigenous Indian Arts: Silambam

20 - 21 May • 02:00pm • Kalari Academy Studio

20 May • 04:00pm • Kalari Academy Studio

21 May • 10:00am • Kalari Academy Studio

Learn and experience the power and beauty of Silambam - an age old Indian martial art!

Letterpress Guided Tour - Remembering the Bus Ticket

Remembering the bus conductor, walking through the bus, punching your bus ticket? Join the tour to understand how tickets are printed, hear the printing history and experience the letterpress printing process with the tour.

Mystery Box Challenge – An Imaginative Loose Parts Play!

6 - 7, 13 - 14, 20 - 21, 27 - 28 May • 02:00pm • Children's Museum Singapore

Do you enjoy challenges? Join us for an hour of fun as you receive a mystery box of items and experiment to make something that goes on land, sea or air through loose parts play.

Roam Talk Series: A Brief History of Transport Networks in Singapore's Urban Landscape

12 May • 06:30pm • Rise of Asia Museum

Eisen Teo is a Senior Researcher at Singapore History Consultants Pte Ltd and Chief Curator of Hell's Museum at Haw Par Villa. He also authored Jalan Singapura: 700 Years of Movement in Singapore. Join him as he unpacks a brief history of the intersection of transport and urban evolution. The movement of a people has shaped Singapore’s present – and illuminates its future.

Sport in Singapore: The Rocky Road to Kallang Park

27 May • 10:00am • National Museum of Singapore

Join us for the launch of the Sport in Singapore: The Rocky Road to Kallang Park by Dr Nick Aplin followed by a panel chat with sporting luminaries and heritage experts to discover the intertwined challenges of staying the course along a rocky road to a national icon and the building of a new nation.