yesterday, on 17 feb, Tueday, we went down to the peranakan museum once again, to attend the talk by an educator of the asian civilisation museum, Ms Wong Sui Lee. she had pointed out several points which was not considered by us.

• assume that all visitors know nothing about peranakan.
• touching of artifects should be reduced, due to wear and tear(darkening caused by particle deposits from fingers)
• visitors tend to go for either exhibits that are interesting to them, or exhibits that are familar or that they can relate to.
• the amount of details provided should be moderated, to suit the need of the users. (e.g. kids do not have to know the whole string of years, instead, using a rough estimation, like 19th centry will be absorbed easier by them.)
• to always keep in mind that providing too much information can be too over whelming for the visitors.
• the duration of stay of the visitors at the museum and at a particular exhibit. (2hours at the museum)
• try to look at the exhibition as a whole.
• having a highlight will help in enhancing the experience.
• the average education or age of visitors will be 16 years old and 9 years old for children.
• the different limitation to consider. (time, space, money, artifects)
• the enviroment and feel to be given.

the museum workshop ended with a question and answer section with Ms Wong and Mr Yang Tian, where many different views and reasons on the museum is discussed.

al of us then proceed to Katong and East Coast area, where we visited the Kim Choo Holdings, and Mr Raymond, the owner had educated us with alot of rich information on the peranakan wedding culture and costume.

one of the most interesting fact is that the bride, actually wears 4 layers of clothes in total, weighting aroud 20kg in total with the headress and the bamboo jacket to support the shape of the clothe. another interesting fact that he said was about how the quality of the thread used can affect the colors and quality of the clothe in long run.

Shuyun