Talks & Workshops

Into the Gap: Literary Adventures in Transit

13 May • 02:30pm • National Museum of Singapore

Join Ann Ang, Ng Yi-Sheng and Yong Shu Hoong in conversation with Charlene Shepherdson as they discuss liminal spaces.

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.

Movement of the People — Key Moments in the Evolution of Public Conveyance in Singapore

7 May • 02:00pm • National Museum of Singapore

Take a journey with Jerome Lim, co-author of Secret Singapore and blogger on The Long and Winding Road, in this talk that will examine key moments in the history of moving people Singapore, and the role that may have played in modern Singapore’s development.

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.

Sports Inclusion – Introduction & Try-Outs

20 May • 02:30pm

Sports Inclusion - Introduction & Try-Outs is a half-day interactive session for participants to gain a deeper appreciation of para sports.

Participants will be given an introduction on the history of local para sports, hear first-hand from homegrown local Para Athletes about their sporting journey, and end the day with a para sports try-outs session.

The Journey of NEL – Talk + LEGO Building Workshop

13 - 14 May • 10:30am • Indian Heritage Centre

13 - 14 May • 02:30pm • Indian Heritage Centre

Join us for this fun lecture-demonstration workshop as part of Singapore Heritage Festival 2023, whereby participants will get to know interesting facts about the North-East Line (NEL) and get to construct their very own NEL LEGO train.