download pdf version of this bulletin The Brooke Gallery, Fort Margherita and the new “Urang Sarawak” exhibition at the Sarawak Museum opened in September, just 4 days apart. Both are valuable additions to the Sarawak history and heritage scene. See our articles of 29 Oct. and 31 Oct. 2016, respectively, on these exhibits. The Sarawak […]
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[updated 04 Nov. 2016] The new exhibition, which opened on Sept. 28, – 4 days after the opening of the Brooke Gallery at Fort Margherita -is a journey into Sarawak’s history and culture(s). Set up in the Art Museum wing of the Sarawak Museum, it replaces the gallery on Sarawak’s history and culture that was […]
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[updated 06/02/2017] The new BROOKE GALLERY at Fort Margherita, Kuching, was inaugurated on Sept. 24. A joint project of the Brooke Heritage Trust, Sarawak’s Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and its Museum Department, it “showcases the history of Sarawak under its White Rajahs with a focus on the many community leaders who worked together […]
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Heritage portfolio in the new Sarawak State Government – A new State cabinet (8 Ministers and 18 Assistant Ministers) was appointed shortly after the May election. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari Bin Tun Abang Haji Openg is Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture and Minister of Housing and […]
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SARAWAK Community street art – The public was invited to contribute to a mural painting in Kai Joo lane, Kuching on Feb. 3. It was a Kuching North City Commission (DBKU) initiative, part of the ‘Kuching Clean, Beautiful and Safe’ (CBS) project, in collaboration with For Art (F’Art), an Australian non-profit. Source: “Opportunity to […]
The Segu bungalow. SHS photo, Nov. 2014. On 22 February 2015, Friends of Sarawak Museum and SHS co-hosted a talk for their members, entitled “Episodes from the History of Banglo Segu” (‘Segu’ bungalow) by Dr. John Walker, Sarawak historian, lecturer in political science at University of New South Wales and Australian Defence Force Academy. It […]