New museum wing to feature Fujian artefacts
Visitors to the Asian Civilisations Museum can look forward to learning about the "rich and complicated" historical connection between the Fujian province in China and Singapore.
New artefacts related to Fujian culture, as well as more pieces from Singapore's national collection, will be housed in a new $5.5-million wing to be ready by 2015.
Of a $5-million donation from the Hong Leong Foundation, a long-time supporter of the museum, $500,000 will go towards acquiring artefacts related to Fujian culture.
It is the museum's biggest single cash donation to date.
Dr Alan Chong, the museum's director, told reporters at a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday: "We're very keen to show how China relates to the rest of the world through trade, migration, immigration and exchange.
"Fujian, especially, was a homeland for so many immigrants to South-east Asia, not just in Singapore, but also in the countries which are now Malaysia and Indonesia."
The titanium-clad wing - the museum's first extension since it moved to its current premises in Empress Place from Armenian Street in 2003 - will span 869 sq m over three storeys and house three new galleries.
Designed by Singapore architecture firm GreenhilLi, the wing will boast a modern look and feel. For instance, its ground-floor atrium will be "bright and open, and allow people to look in from the street", said Dr Chong.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
Visitors to the Asian Civilisations Museum can look forward to learning about the "rich and complicated" historical connection between the Fujian province in China and Singapore.
New artefacts related to Fujian culture, as well as more pieces from Singapore's national collection, will be housed in a new $5.5-million wing to be ready by 2015.
Of a $5-million donation from the Hong Leong Foundation, a long-time supporter of the museum, $500,000 will go towards acquiring artefacts related to Fujian culture.
It is the museum's biggest single cash donation to date.
Dr Alan Chong, the museum's director, told reporters at a groundbreaking ceremony yesterday: "We're very keen to show how China relates to the rest of the world through trade, migration, immigration and exchange.
"Fujian, especially, was a homeland for so many immigrants to South-east Asia, not just in Singapore, but also in the countries which are now Malaysia and Indonesia."
The titanium-clad wing - the museum's first extension since it moved to its current premises in Empress Place from Armenian Street in 2003 - will span 869 sq m over three storeys and house three new galleries.
Designed by Singapore architecture firm GreenhilLi, the wing will boast a modern look and feel. For instance, its ground-floor atrium will be "bright and open, and allow people to look in from the street", said Dr Chong.
~News courtesy of Channel Newsasia~
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