​THE MIGRANT ECOLOGIES PROJECT

THE MIGRANT ECOLOGIES PROJECT was founded in 2010 as an umbrella for art practice-led inquiries into questions of culture and nature in Southeast Asia:

THE MIGRANT ECOLOGIES PROJECT embraces concerned explorers, curious collectors, daughters of woodcutters, miners of memories and art by nature. The project evolves through and around past and present movements and migrations of naturecultures in art and life in Southeast Asia.

More details at www.migrantecologies.org​

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The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum​

The Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum (LKCNHM), Singapore’s first and only natural history museum, was officially opened by Dr Tony Tan Keng Yam, Singapore President and Chancellor of the National University of Singapore (NUS) on 18 April. The museum, which traces its roots to the original Raffles Museum of 1878, is the oldest such institution in the region.

The LKCNHM represents a treasure trove of the region’s rich natural heritage. Its internationally renowned Zoological Reference Collection,formerly called the Raffles Collection, dates back to 1849. One of the most comprehensive collections of Singapore and Malayan animal specimens in the world, its 150,000 specimens of Southeast Asian vertebrates stand out in significance internationally, particularly the bird and freshwater fish collections. One of the most prized possessions is an Asian Brown Flycatcher bird collected by British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace, the co-founder of the theory of evolution. Complementing the fauna is the NUS Herbarium founded in 1955, which documents more than 33,000 plant specimens, mainly from Singapore and Malaysia. The Museum also has a modern cryofacility using liquid nitrogen to store over 12,000 important plant and animal tissue samples as well as advanced facilities for molecular work.

The LKCNHM, located at NUS Kent Ridge Campus in the vicinity of the University Cultural Centre and the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music, will be open to the public from 28 April 2015. Its operating hours are from 10am to 7pm, Tuesdays to Sundays, including public holidays.