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Islamic Museum of Australia

15/03/2017 by Yvonne Perkins 8 Comments

“I would like to visit the Islamic Museum,” said my mother when I visited her in Melbourne last year. My mother likes visiting art exhibitions, but she doesn’t visit many museums. Her request surprised me. But I shouldn’t have been surprised. Like many people she has been appalled at the anti-Muslim rhetoric which is too often heard nowadays. She has always been interested in … [Read more...] about Islamic Museum of Australia

Singapore’s Red Dot Design Museum

15/02/2015 by Yvonne Perkins 3 Comments

From the moment I entered this small museum I enjoyed the experience. Singapore’s Red Dot Design Museum is one of three museums in the world which features the winners of the Red Dot Design awards. This museum has an eclectic mix of modern products that feature innovative design. In the entrance we saw two mountain bikes and a carbon-fibre commuter bicycle, together with a … [Read more...] about Singapore’s Red Dot Design Museum

Singapore’s Education History on Display

04/02/2015 by Yvonne Perkins 12 Comments

On the second day I was in Singapore I left the bus and became lost. My phone was low on batteries and my GPS was not working properly. I trudged off in the direction I thought I should be going and found myself walking through a large HDB housing complex. Getting lost on foot in a new place is a good thing. My family is not convinced about this, but that is their loss. Losing … [Read more...] about Singapore’s Education History on Display

Malay Heritage Centre: A peek behind the colonial veil

29/01/2015 by Yvonne Perkins 6 Comments

We want to take advantage of living in Singapore so I have a spreadsheet listing all the things we want to see and do. During the week I prepare the weekend’s itinerary. On Saturday morning we don our walking shoes, grab our public transport cards and set forth. The Malay Heritage Centre was on last weekend’s itinerary. We have had our serve of British colonial history at … [Read more...] about Malay Heritage Centre: A peek behind the colonial veil

History in the Building at the National Museum of Singapore

28/08/2014 by Yvonne Perkins 11 Comments

I find buildings interesting, not the rectangular glass and concrete blocks which plague cities world-wide, but buildings that have a story. The building may demonstrate thought in its design or it may have been a place where people made stories which changed their society at the time or which we are interested in today. The building housing the National Museum of Singapore is … [Read more...] about History in the Building at the National Museum of Singapore

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Yvonne Perkins is a professional historian and launched Stumbling Through the Past in August 2010. Focusing on history, and Australian history in particular, posts include interviews, book reviews, news reports on conferences and reflective pieces.

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