Peranakan Museum

Community Voices at Peranakan Museum: An Emerald Tale

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Spend the weekend at the Peranakan Museum and discover an “Emerald Tale” presented by the Peranakan Association Singapore through lively performances, engaging talks on Peranakan jewellery and architecture, drop-in craft activities, cooking demonstrations, and community-led tours.

Enjoy discounted admission to Batik Nyonyas: Three Generations of Art and Entrepreneurship during programme hours. 

($5 for Singapore citizens/PRs; $12 for foreign residents/tourists)

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This edition of Community Voices is presented in partnership with the Peranakan Association Singapore.

About the Peranakan Association Singapore

The Peranakan Association Singapore is dedicated to preserving and promoting Peranakan culture. It is managed by an elected committee of volunteers and is primarily funded by donations.


14 & 15 June, 10am–5pm

Free admission to activities

DROP-IN EXPERIENCES

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Our Amazing Pioneers: At the Peranakan Museum!

Sat, 14 June
10.30am–12pm

Ixora Room, Level 1

Free

Step into early Singapore with author and speaker Shawn Seah, as he brings Our Amazing Pioneers, a non-fiction children’s book series to life through a book reading on the inspiring stories of prominent Peranakans like Seah Liang Seah, the co-founder of the Straits Chinese British Association and Ngeow Cher Seong, the first-generation jeweller in Singapore.

Suitable for ages 7 and up.

A Family Tradition of Jewellery

A Family Tradition of Jewellery by Francis Ngau and Shawn Seah

Sun, 15 June
10.30am–12pm

Ixora Room, Level 1

Free

Join Francis Ngau of Asian Artistry Fine Jewellery and author Shawn Seah as they delve into the rich history and art of Peranakan jewellery from its origins, design inspirations and significance in ceremonial occasions such as weddings and festivals.

Suitable for ages 10 and up.

Craft It

Craft-It! Peranakan Beaded Slipper & Hand Fan

Sat, 14 June: Beaded Slipper
Sun, 15 June: Hand fan
12–5pm

Lobby, Level 1

Free

Get hands on and craft your own beaded slipper or design a hand fan inspired by delicious Peranakan desserts and cookware found in the museum galleries.

Suitable for ages 5 and up.

Let S Sing and Joget

Let’s Sing and Joget!

Sat, 14 June: Peranakan Sayang

Sun, 15 June: Melissa Sidek & Rasa Sayang Singapura
12.30pm

Lobby, Level 1

Free

Dance and sing along with Peranakan Sayang and Melissa Sidek as they serenade you with nostalgic Peranakan tunes from a bygone era.

REGISTERED PROGRAMMES

Kuih Dadar

Let’s Make: Kueh Dadar with Nyonya Elizabeth Ng

Sat, 14 June 
2–3pm

Ixora Room, Level 1

Free

Registration required on Peatix

Featuring the popular emerald coloured kueh dadar, join Nyonya Elizabeth Ng from the Peranakan Association Singapore for an interactive cooking demonstration and tasting session.

Suitable for ages 7 and up.

REGISTER HERE
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Treading Lightly with Care: Restoring a Townhouse on Emerald Hill

Sat, 14 June
4–5pm

Ixora Room, Level 1

Free

Registration required on Peatix

Delve into the painstaking restoration of a historic terraced townhouse on Emerald Hill with award-winning architectural conservation specialist Ho Weng Hin.

The talk will explore how highly skilled restoration artisans used in-depth research and diagnosis to preserve the building’s rare architectural details – artificial marble tiles, cast iron railings, and timber lattice partitions – which had been worn down by a century of habitation.

Suitable for ages 10 and up.

REGISTER HERE
Putu Tegair

Let’s Make: Putu Tegair with AllSpice Institute

Sun, 15 June 
2–3.30pm

Ixora Room, Level 1

Free

Registration required on Peatix

Join Chef Anup from Allspice Institute in this cooking demonstration and sampling session, featuring putu tegair. Made from banana and cassava, putu tegair is a Peranakan dish that is slowly disappearing.

Suitable for ages 7 and up.

REGISTER HERE
Armenian Street

Our Stories: Mari Jalan Jalan along the Armenian Street

Sun, 15 June
4–5pm

Peranakan Museum, Level 1 

(Meeting point)

Free

Registration required on Peatix

Take a stroll along Armenian Street and its surroundings with Nyonya Stella Wee from the Peranakan Association Singapore. Stella will share the histories and tales behind the institutions that once occupied buildings along the street.

Suitable for ages 10 and up.

REGISTER HERE

Immerse yourself in a weekend of Peranakan culture as our communities take over our spaces to present their unique heritage. In this quarterly series of programmes, diverse Peranakan communities will share their knowledge and insights with visitors through performances, cooking, crafts, and community-led tours of our galleries.

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Daily Guided Tours at Peranakan Museum

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Guided tours led by our volunteer docents are available daily.

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Special Exhibition

Exceptional/Everyday: New Acquisitions, New Perspectives

30 October 2026 to 29 August 2027

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Lectures and Seminars

Inventing a Peranakan museum

Friday, 30 October 2026, 7–8pm, Ngee Ann Auditorium, Asian Civilisations Museum

How did Peranakan art emerge as a distinct category? Organised in conjunction with the opening of Exceptional/Everyday: New Acquisitions, New Perspectives at the Peranakan Museum, this talk traces changing understandings of Peranakan material culture and the eventual founding of the Peranakan Museum in 2008.

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