I was privileged to preview some of the sights that will be featured in the Museum Hoppin’ Trails which will take place in conjunction with International Museum Day celebrations in Singapore. The themed trails will bring participants – in air-conditioned comfort – to various museums for introductory tours. These self-paced museum super-samplers have been lovingly crafted to whet your apetite for more in-depth visits and exploration of our heritage. Here are some photographic highlights…
First, we visited the Malay Heritage Centre, located next to Sultan Mosque. Here, we got to see a traditional pottery making demonstration.
We marvelled at the skill of the gasing man.
And we found ourselves on a film set!
Our next stop was the Museum of Shanghai Toys on Rowell Road. When you are there, don’t forget to say hi to the Museum Bear!
Collect the chops in your Museum Passport.
The Cultural Revolution era toys thoroughly intrigued me. Check out the little red books and the militant children.
Finally, we went to the Chinese Heritage Centre located in Chinatown. Watching movies in the old days was very different.
Let Lecthmi the Parrot tell your fortune.
We were brought around to see what living conditions were like in the old days. I don’t think my mum would appreciate this kitchen.
More photos from the preview. Check out yesterday.sg’s detailed Museum Hoppin’ Sneak Peek too.
To find out more about the Museum Hoppin’ Trails, visit the International Museum Day website.
py
/ Wednesday, 17 May 2006Nice photos. I hope you won’t mind me putting a link to this post of yours on my main blog? But if you do, let me know.
acroamatic
/ Wednesday, 17 May 2006Thanks! Sure, py. Please feel free to link to this post.
amy
/ Saturday, 20 May 2006wow! your photos are amazing.
how did you get that shot of the toys in the cupboard? mine always has the reflection of the glass.
acroamatic
/ Monday, 22 May 2006Thanks for the compliment, Amy!
Ah… There are a few ways of minimizing reflections in glass. If you’re using a digicam, you can try to angle the camera until you get the least reflection.
Try not to use the flash. However, you can only do this if you have a stable surface to rest the camera on or a tripod. Otherwise, there’ll be obvious camera shake displayed in the photo.
If you’ve got a camera that allows filters to be attached to the lens, you might want to get a polarising filter. This helps cut down reflections in glass and other mirror-like surfaces. Actually, the polarising filter can be rotated to enhance reflections too, so it’s also great for those landscape shots of lakes.
amy
/ Monday, 22 May 2006Hi!
Thanks for the tips. Since I’m strictly a point and shoot amateur photo-taker, I will try the first one.
I don’t have a tripod or a filter. :)
Oh ya, seeing the quality of these pics, I wonder just how _bad_ your MIA Trail recce pics were. Maybe not up to your standard, but looks like the stuff regular joes would come up with?
acroamatic
/ Monday, 22 May 2006No prob.
Oh, another method is to put your camera directly against the glass. Though not when security is watching. =P
The MIA Trail recce photos? Hmm… they seem to have gone… MIA. The photos were worse than regular joe stuff lah: bad lighting, bad framing, bad everything.
amy
/ Monday, 22 May 2006Haha! This is all a big conspiracy, right? Dowan to show photos so we’re all super curious about the trail. :P
So, any tips for photo-taking at night, in the forest? No flash, ya? Will hurt the animals.
acroamatic
/ Tuesday, 30 May 2006See? No conspiracy. =)
Hope you enjoyed yourself!
amy
/ Tuesday, 30 May 2006Yup, was super fun. Felt tired by midnight though. I really admire those 3 elderly ladies who were still up and about all the way till 1am.
Sorry I kept calling you and disturbing your guiding!
Jane
/ Thursday, 23 April 2009Hey!! If you are interested in museums…Visit the MINT Museum of Toys behind Raffles Hotel. Guaranteed a worth while visit! The displays there are spectacular and worth the trip!