Tuesday 13 Feb., 6:00 pm Several Japanese navy ships were sunk off the coast of Santubong in 1941, and a number of others off the Borneo coast during WW2. As these wrecks contain valuable metals, a number of them have been scavenged for scraps, some quite recently. But wreck sites are war graves with lost […]

For SHS members - apologies for short notice. SHS HERITAGE SPEAKERS SERIES: talk by THINK CITY experts on heritage management in urban rejuvenation programmes. - DR MATT BENSON, Think City Programme Director, Technical Services - Ms CEELIA LEONG, Think City Fellow, Conservation and GIS Specialist, will present GIS (Geographic Information Systems) methodologies used in mapping […]

"Tuked Rini Cosmic Traveller" - by anthropologist Monica Janowski, research fellow at the new museum campus project and research associate, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Public talk, in English a Friends of Sarawak Museum event Free, donations welcome. Registration recommended at fosm.events@gmail.com      

7:30pm, Tuesday 5th December 2017 Venue: The Charcoal, 18 Lorong Batu Lintang, Kuching (turn into the lane beside VolksWagen showroom) Public talk,  no registration required, no admission charge. "Leading with the Transformation on Cultural Identity: the case of the Refurbishment of Garcimunoz Castle in Spain". About the creative refurbishment of a medieval castle listed as […]

by Jennifer Morris, fellow, new Sarawak museum campus project a Sarawak Museum Talk series event at the What About Kuching festival  

The Perahu Tambang are the operators of the traditional sampan that ply the route across the river. A Museum Cafe "Sharing My Passion" session at the occasion of the What About Kuching festival. by Karen Shepherd, writer and, inter alia, past SHS President.