Free entry to all museums

[Sosaria]

The last time i went there was more than 30yrs , now my kid goes there also yawn wanna leave the place quickly.

the past and present are now so different and the kids are no more interested in the past.

 

Personal interest lah... to some extent it can be developed. But more often it develops naturally as part of the kids' personalities.

 

My own interest in history is self-developed. I remember staying up late to watch documentary series on war, in upper primary already. Maybe because no internet!

 

Nowadays I'm still interested to read up on local history particularly those episodes that were hushed in the past. With greater liberalisation, you can find more books about these events nowadays. Reading from different viewpoint, I really learn something new. It's this joy of knowing that is the prime motivation for reading up on history. But hard to cultivate this in kids!

[Cooliechang]

The Ford factory at Bukit Timah is also nice to visit. Went there during my reservist low key period.

 

Too bad it's not free. .

[Chrispie]

Those age range 65 ~75 cos they want to look back all this years they had gone through .....

 

In few years down the road, they are 'musuem piece' ....

 

why do u guys think that museums is always about old stuff ah...

 

Actually i enjoy SAM the most.

[Donut]

The last time i went there was more than 30yrs , now my kid goes there also yawn wanna leave the place quickly.

the past and present are now so different and the kids are no more interested in the past.

 

Its SG kids that are not interested. You see those EU kids, they spent time on their museums, going through the tour guides and taking notes or even sketching the exhibits on paper.

 

The bottom line is the fault lies with our education system.

[Kangadrool]

Its SG kids that are not interested. You see those EU kids, they spent time on their museums, going through the tour guides and taking notes or even sketching the exhibits on paper.

 

The bottom line is the fault lies with our education system.

 

Maybe, our education system is "forward looking", theirs are "backward looking".

[Raymondism]

SINGAPORE: Singapore citizens and permanent residents will get free entry to all national museums and heritage institutions from May 18.

 

They include Asian Civilisations Museum, National Museum of Singapore, Peranakan Museum, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore Philatelic Museum, Malay Heritage Centre and the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall.

 

 

The National Heritage Board (NHB) is hoping to draw in the crowds with new hands-on activities and story telling is one way it hopes to engage the visitors.

 

In the past 10 years, it has seen a three-fold increase in visitor numbers from 1.1 million in 2003 to 2.8 million in 2012, and NHB said increasingly, visitors want to do more than just walk around the museums.

 

 

Director of corporate communications at NHB, Cheryl Koh, elaborated: "Actually museums are really interactive places. We have grown to become more engaging as well. We are no longer just dusty places that we put dusty artefacts around."

 

 

This year's Children's Season exhibition will coincide with the start of free entry.

 

 

Making traditional snacks like Ang Ku Kueh is one of the highlights of the Children's Season exhibition. There will be many more hands-on activities at the National Museum of Singapore.

 

 

Other museums will hold exhibitions and activities for children till end-June.

 

 

Since the government announced plans for free entry during the Budget this year, the National Museum has received about 20 per cent more enquiries from the public about its programmes.

 

 

On average, it gets about 30 calls a month.

 

 

Ms Koh said NHB isn't setting visitor targets but it is closely monitoring visitors' response.

 

 

"In engagement, we will see from the numbers, when people come and sign up for our programmes when they visit our museums. We will then see whether they are engaged. If they don't sign up for programmes, our programmes have no sign ups at all, then we will know that we are not moving in the right direction and perhaps we will have to do a tweak," she said.

 

 

With free entry, NHB said it hopes more will use museums as a platform to bond and reflect on Singapore's heritage and history.

 

- CNA/fa

 

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singap...4.html?cid=FBSG

 

I think shld still charge a small fee.... n free for school kids n senior citizens....

 

[Audioniche]

Thanks Government for letting us have a chance to visit the museum for free. Hope to see concession rates for Singaporeans to the Zoo and other attractions. We love to go to these attraction but we cannot afford the tourist price.

[Rayleigh]

Thanks Government for letting us have a chance to visit the museum for free. Hope to see concession rates for Singaporeans to the Zoo and other attractions. We love to go to these attraction but we cannot afford the tourist price.

 

housing free ai mai. actually our attraction quite reasonable liao. go oversea you are willing to pay, cheap with no immediate needs also willing to buy, over in your country you are not willing to pay. sibei funny......

[BlueOldMan]

It's nice if it's foc, else I really duno where r all these weird plcs to me in Sg

It's true that we as singaporeans r exploring other cities visiting museums n castles

But we seldom keen to explore or visit plc of interest in Singapore

Who would wan to pay cover if it's in our own land

It's a good n right move to open up foc for locals

Only then I will go

Great weekend

[ChickenMob]

Hahhaaaaaa looking at my kid now who cannot even speak teochew our past culture will soon be gone

[Karoon]

this is a good move.

 

museums are underrated places of interest.

[Nemo6089]

Where to park cheaper if I wanted to visit the National Museum of Singapore because I intend to take my time to walk inside?

 

 

[Raymondism]

Hahhaaaaaa looking at my kid now who cannot even speak teochew our past culture will soon be gone

 

thats your fault...

[Raymondism]

Where to park cheaper if I wanted to visit the National Museum of Singapore because I intend to take my time to walk inside?

 

 

take public transport

[Simpleonly]

Thanks Government for letting us have a chance to visit the museum for free. Hope to see concession rates for Singaporeans to the Zoo and other attractions. We love to go to these attraction but we cannot afford the tourist price.

 

Agreed!

[Djim]

this is a good move.

 

museums are underrated places of interest.

 

 

Oh Oh, nothing is free especially in Singapore, someone else is going kena pay for all these free entrance

[Sosaria]

Hahhaaaaaa looking at my kid now who cannot even speak teochew our past culture will soon be gone

 

Have to practice since young else very hard to learn once grown up.

 

It's also the fault of some grandparents, I feel, who fully switched to mandarin, obediently following govt directive. The older generation were more easily "brainwashed" into obedience, and believe all that hogwash about mandarin being their cultural heritage... actually if they go back to visit their ancestral villages in china, most of us here originate from the southern parts where dialects are more prominent.

 

There's also a lot of rubbish belief about how learning mandarin is necessary in order to be able to read written chinese... I'm surprised to find that some young people do not know that dialect can also be rendered in chinese script!

 

If the older generation insist on clinging to their dialect and use it with their grandchildren, then the dialects won't disappear so easily.

Edited May 19, 2013 by Sosaria

[Celicar]

Have to practice since young else very hard to learn once grown up.

 

It's also the fault of some grandparents, I feel, who fully switched to mandarin, obediently following govt directive. The older generation were more easily "brainwashed" into obedience, and believe all that hogwash about mandarin being their cultural heritage... actually if they go back to visit their ancestral villages in china, most of us here originate from the southern parts where dialects are more prominent.

 

There's also a lot of rubbish belief about how learning mandarin is necessary in order to be able to read written chinese... I'm surprised to find that some young people do not know that dialect can also be rendered in chinese script!

 

If the older generation insist on clinging to their dialect and use it with their grandchildren, then the dialects won't disappear so easily.

Don't keep blaming the older generation lah. I have friends who actively spoke dialect with their grandparents and they are fluent. Take some responsibility.