While your favorite attractions and recreational places remain closed during this time, the digital world is buzzing with a myriad of events and activities for families and kids, ranging from the Wan Qing Dumpling Festival 2020 to the Small Big Dreamers Children's Festival!
Weāve compiled a list of virtual events happening this June in Singapore that you can continue enjoying from the comforts of your own home!
1. Indian Heritage Centre: From the Coromandel Coast to the Straits
Photo credits Indian Heritage Centre
Date: Permanent
Hour: -
Fare: Free
Tamil connections with Singapore can be traced as far back as the 11th ā 13th centuries CE based on recent interpretations of the Singapore Stone. From the Coromandel Coast to the Stratis: Revisiting Our Tamil Heritage presents a compendium of narratives that recount the experiences of Tamil diasporas in Southeast Asia and Singapore from pre-modern to contemporary times.
2. Singapore Philatelic Museum: Fun Online Activities for All
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Date: 1 May ā 30 Jun 2020
Hour: -
Fare: Free
#StayhomewithSPM offers a series of online activities on their website, such as coloring, spot the difference, jigsaw puzzles, and join the dot featuring stamps from the Singapore Philatelic Museum collection.
3. At Home with PIP
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Date: 1 May ā 28 Jun 2020
Hour: -
Fare: Free
Download free At Home with PIP activity sheets and imagine what PIPās room will look like by drawing your own design or using the cut-outs provided. Feel free to let your imagination fill the page with colors!
4. National Museum of Singapore: Get Curious!
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Date: 15 May ā 10 Jul 2020
Hour: -
Fare: Free
With āGet Curious!ā National Museum of Singapore provides a series of programs and activities so that you can continue to enjoy the #MuseumFromHome. You can expect music and movement activities, coloring sheets, and craft video tutorials among others.
5. Singapore Heritage Festival
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Date: 19 Jun ā 5 Jul 2020
Hour: -
Fare:Ā Free
Get acquainted with a Tanjong Pagar, Pasir Ris and Kallang that not many know of in this yearās Singapore Heritage Festival: Digital Edition! Keep an eye out for online tours, digitally commissioned works, webinars, online masterclasses, and more.Ā
6. National Gallery Singapore: #SmallBigDreamersAtHome
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Date: 1 Jun ā 28 Mar 2020
Hour: -
Fare: Free
National Gallery Singaporeās biennial childrenās festival Small Big Dreamers has returned with a digital twist for its second edition. The online art festival this year is called #SmallBigDreamersAtHome, and offers a series of engaging interactive games and hands-on activities designed to stimulate creativity while educating about artworks within the National Collection and beyond.
7. Wan Qing Dumpling Festival 2020
Photo credits Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Date: 1 Jun ā 30 Jun 2020
Hour: -
Fare: Free
Held throughout June via the memorial hallās Facebook page, Wan Qing Dumpling Festival: Digital Edition brings heritage closer to home through a line-up of family-friendly digital activities such as cooking classes, game contests, quizzes, and craft demonstrations.
8. National Heritage Board: Mask-a-rade Challenge
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Date: 8 Jun ā 5 Jul 2020
Hour: -
Fare: Free
The National Heritage Board and its three heritage institutions - Indian Heritage Centre, Malay Heritage Centre and Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall - are calling all children and youths (16 years and below) in Singapore to create and submit your artwork for a face mask.
The Mask-a-rade Challenge invites children and youths to submit your artwork based on the theme of what you hope a post-COVID-19 Singapore would look like. All participants will receive a goodie bag redeemable at the three heritage institutions and if your entry is selected as one of the winning designs, you can receive book vouchers worth up to $200 to be collected at our heritage institutions when we re-open.
9. Singapore Art Museum: Stay Home Shorts
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Date: 19 Jun ā 21 Jun 2020
Hour: -
Fare: Free
Singapore Art Museum presents āStay Home Shortsā, an online film series featuring local and international short films. The series will kick off with a special selection of four films from previous editions of SAMās signature childrenās art exhibition Art Garden. These light-hearted films center around hope and address the importance of family, relationships, and communication.
10. Celebrating Singapore Heritage Festival with the National Museum
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Date: 20 Jun ā 27 Jun 2020
Hour: Various times
Fare: Free
In conjunction with this yearās Singapore Heritage Festival (SHF), the National Museum will be presenting a series of programs celebrating our heritage, traditions as well as inter-generational stories of local businesses. Viewers can look forward to online talks on Singaporeās food heritage, and stand a chance to savor the local dishes featured.
11. Saturdays@ACM: A Whole New World
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Date: 27 Jun ā 24 Jul 2020
Hour: -
Fare: Free
Travel across Asia, and take an adventure to a whole new world through exciting tales with ACT3 Internationalās audio storytelling. Learn more about the sunken treasure from the Tang Shipwreck Collection and create your own octagonal cup inspired by ACM's gold cup that traveled the seas from China to Southeast Asia.
You can access the resources until 26 Jun 2020 for Saturdays@ACM: Selamat Hari Raya on ACMās page.
12. #StayHomeStayLit2020
Date: -
Hour: -
Fare: Free
#StayHomeStayLit2020 is a digital campaign that aims to support artists and writers during the circuit breaker and bring attention to independent bookstores and local publishers while providing Singaporeans with ample reading materials.
You can share reviews of a Sing Lit book that you loved or are currently reading on Instagram with the hashtag #StayHomeStayLit along with a note of where the book can be bought. Also, keep an eye out on their Instagram page as authors will be taking over their page and will be answering a bunch of questions on IG Stories!
13. Pesta Raya - Esplanade
Date:Ā 19 - 28 June 2020
Hour:Ā -Ā
Fare:Ā Free
With the aim to bring families together to enjoy the arts, heritage and culture of the Malay Archipelago (that is also a part of Singapore's culture), as well as to instill some positivity and encouragement to all during this season,Ā Pesta Raya OnlineĀ has lined up a diverse range of entertainment (comprising some of the very best of the Malay arts, both traditional and contemporary, and across the different genres) for all to enjoy.
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