Attending an event on Malaysia’s cultural heritage at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on April 14, 2015, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin advocateed for the continued protection of cultural heritage. “(…) we view with great sadness and disgust the untoward destruction of art, artifacts and documents that are part of our collective history, identity and civilisation“, […]
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—————————————————————————————————————————- Also in the News: Sat. 18 April 2015 – Fort Alice, Sri Aman, re-opens. For day programme, see Sarawak Museum webpage. For more on the Fort, see our articles of 02/02-17/05/2015, 09 March 2015 & 12 March 2015 —————————————————————————————————————————– The Sarawak Cultural Heritage Ordinance 1993 puts forward the following criteria for the registration/listing of […]
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 […]
You may have seen the media reports on the fire that razed the “Fort Vyner” building in Belaga. Erected on the confluence of the Rejang and Belaga Rivers and overlooking Belaga town, Fort Vyner was one of the forts built during Charles Brooke’s rule. In his book “The White Rajahs” (1960), Steven Runciman writes : […]
Friends of Sarawak Museum (FoSM) and SHS joined hands in organizing recently pilot runs of a new heritage walk through Kuching’s Chinese History, for members of the two societies. The tour is conducted by Paul Gerarts, a member of both Friends of Sarawak Museum and SHS. After a guided tour of the Chinese History Museum […]
In a recent interview with the Borneo Post, Jason Brooke, Director of the (London based) Brooke Trust, gave updates on the Trust’s activities. He highlighted the collaboration with the Sarawak Government and the Sarawak Museum on the Brooke Gallery being set-up in the recently renovated Fort Margherita, Kuching, as a complement to the rest of […]