Changing Shift

6 - 7 May • 05:00pm • National Museum of Singapore

6 - 7 May • 06:30pm • National Museum of Singapore

Changing Shift, an outdoor 30-minute comedic play, written and directed by award winning Playwright and Director Lim Hai Yen, takes place at the Banyan Tree of National Museum. The story, which is told through the narrations of a taxi driver, a trishaw rider and a “carpark attendant, addresses the ongoing challenges faced by transport workers in Singapore.

Cinema Reclaimed: DRIVING, KICKING, AND PUNCHING!

14, 21, 28 May • 02:00pm • Oldham Theatre

14, 21, 28 May • 05:00pm • Oldham Theatre

Join us for a series of curated film screenings and a live dialogue session with the curators behind the third edition of Cinema Reclaimed. This programme is presented in collaboration with Asian Film Archive for Singapore HeritageFest.

Festivals for the Future – What Makes a Heritage Festival?

6 May • 10:00am • National Museum of Singapore

Hear from the festival’s partners on how the heritage festivals landscape has evolved as we celebrate SHF’s 20th edition, and also a preview of what you can expect in the future years.

Home Museum: Collections of Public Transport Heritage

From old bus seats to rare collections of train pamplets, join our two collectors as they share about their collections that are centres around Singapore HeritageFest (SHF) 2023's themes of public transportation heritage.

Into the Gap: Literary Adventures in Transit

13 May • 02:30pm • National Museum of Singapore

Join Ann Ang, Ng Yi-Sheng and Yong Shu Hoong in conversation with Charlene Shepherdson as they discuss liminal spaces.

Learning Journey at Singapore Sports School

20 May • 09:00am • Singapore Sports School

Join the guided tour and talk at Singapore Sports School to find out how Singapore Sports School supports aspiring student-athletes in achieving their sporting and academic goals.

Movement of the People — Key Moments in the Evolution of Public Conveyance in Singapore

7 May • 02:00pm • National Museum of Singapore

Take a journey with Jerome Lim, co-author of Secret Singapore and blogger on The Long and Winding Road, in this talk that will examine key moments in the history of moving people Singapore, and the role that may have played in modern Singapore’s development.

Roam Talk Series: A Brief History of Transport Networks in Singapore's Urban Landscape

12 May • 06:30pm • Rise of Asia Museum

Eisen Teo is a Senior Researcher at Singapore History Consultants Pte Ltd and Chief Curator of Hell's Museum at Haw Par Villa. He also authored Jalan Singapura: 700 Years of Movement in Singapore. Join him as he unpacks a brief history of the intersection of transport and urban evolution. The movement of a people has shaped Singapore’s present – and illuminates its future.

Sport in Singapore: The Rocky Road to Kallang Park

27 May • 10:00am • National Museum of Singapore

Join us for the launch of the Sport in Singapore: The Rocky Road to Kallang Park by Dr Nick Aplin followed by a panel chat with sporting luminaries and heritage experts to discover the intertwined challenges of staying the course along a rocky road to a national icon and the building of a new nation.

The Journey of NEL – Talk + LEGO Building Workshop

13 - 14 May • 10:30am • Indian Heritage Centre

13 - 14 May • 02:30pm • Indian Heritage Centre

Join us for this fun lecture-demonstration workshop as part of Singapore Heritage Festival 2023, whereby participants will get to know interesting facts about the North-East Line (NEL) and get to construct their very own NEL LEGO train.