Category Archives: Heritage News/Info

Our call for conservation of Kuching’s old Nurses’ Quarters building

UPDATE (18/11/2024)  : As of 18  November 2024, our petition (see below) has garnered 2800 signatures. SHS has been informed that the Sarawak Department of Irrigation and Drainage has issued a Stop Work Order on 7 August on the works of the drainage project in the area of the old Nurses Quarters. Dayak Daily reported […]

SHS Heritage Speakers Series #27 – “Revealing the Invisible in Heritage Preservation”, Fri 20 Sept. 6 pm

The next talk in our Heritage Speakers Series, “Revealing the Invisible in Heritage Preservation“, will be given by Dr. Derham Groves. When assessing buildings for their heritage value and whether they should be preserved, belief systems such as feng shui, spiritual associations, and back-stories are often ignored. Dr Groves will discuss the importance of these […]

UNEARTHING MORE OF SANTUBONG’S MYSTERIOUS DISTANT PAST

[updated 05/08/2024 on status of project] The Santubong peninsula, which lies in the Sarawak River Delta, became a focus of Sarawak archaeology from the end of the 1940’s to the mid 1960’s principally by teams under Tom Harrisson, then Curator of the Sarawak Museum. Several sites which had revealed hints of archaeological interest since the […]

Save the date: SHS Heritage Speakers Series: ‘Bergendang’ and Its Spatial Use in the Traditional Malay House, Sat 15 April 2023, 10 a.m.

    A talk by Ms Yon Syafni, on ‘Bergendang‘ and its spatial use in the traditional Malay house. [Bergendang is a musical performance unique to Sarawak Malays involving pantun (Malay verse) and dancing that was often held during traditional social gatherings in houses]. The talk will describe how the spaces in the traditional Sarawak […]

An Inspiring session on Adaptive Re-use and on the Penang and Malaka experience

‘Heritage Conservation and Adaptive Reuse’ was the topic of our special year-end session of our Heritage Speakers Series that took place on 18 December 2022. Though efforts have been ramping up in recent years, heritage conservation in Sarawak seems to suffer from scant heritage management and limited personal interest; a far cry from states such […]

Save the date: SHS Heritage Speakers Series: Heritage Conservation and Adaptive Reuse – Sun 18 Dec. 10:30am to 4:00 pm, @Borneo Cultures Museum, Kuching

NOT TO BE MISSED! our SPECIAL YEAR-EN EVENT in our HERITAGE SPEAKERS SERIES, on ‘HERITAGE CONSERVATION AND ADAPTIVE REUSE’. Date & Time: Sunday 18th December 2022, 10:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. (doors open at 10 a.m. for registration) Venue: Borneo Cultures Museum, Arts & Crafts Gallery, Level 2 Three speakers, Ar. Tan Bee Eu, Ar. Au […]