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WhatishappeningwiththeMVs?
Marchisuponusalready.WiththeCNYfestivitiesoverwheretherewasalotofeatingandeatingandcardgames(ahem),itistimetogetbacktowork..AttentiontothoseattendingthetalkonthebookTheChittiesofMelaka-thevenuehasbeenchangedtotheDiscoveryRoom.
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FocusEvent
10/02/2018-‘TheWonderthatwasAncientKedah’,BujangValleyTalkbyDato’Nadarajan.
Dato’Nadarajangavethismuchanticipatedandinterestingtalktoamaximumcapacityof60MVsandfriends,withmanybeingturnedawayduetolimitedseats.Nadarajan’spresentationtouched on the Indianization and Indianized states of SEA where Bujang Valley was the‘halfwayhouse’atthattime.Toproofhispoint,hequotedIndian,Chinese,ArabandMalaysources,CholaliteratureandevidenceofartefactsfromtheCholaEmpire.ThesecondpartofNadarajan’spresentationwasonthearchaeologicalfindsinthevalleyieonthemanyCandis,religiousartefactsandtradewareuncovered,andtheironsmeltingfurnaces,aswellasthemysterioussquareonacirclestone/brickformationinSungaiBatu.
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Finally,tocelebrateanearlyChineseNewYear,MVsandguestsweretreatedtonasilemakwithayamgoreng,mandarinorangesandNewYearcookiesafterthetalk.
School/University/Groupvisits________________________________________________________________Wewelcomethenewguidesfromrecentbatcheswhohavevolunteeredfortheschoolvisitsbelow.2Feb-30StudentsvisittothemuseumfromtheEnglishLanguageCentreinLintonUniversity.
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3Feb-StudentvisitMNfromSunwayInternationalCollege
HiddenGems:TheBellarmineJarinGalleryCByRoseGanhttps://museumvolunteersjmm.com/2018/02/21/hidden-gems-the-bellarmine-jar-in-gallery-c/
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BellarminejarinGalleryC
Tokick start this year’sproject, ‘HiddenGems’, RoseGanhas sharedherwrite-upof theBellarmineJarinGalleryConourMVblog.Dofollowsuitandsubmitanarticleonanartefactwhichhasalwaysintriguedyoubutsomehowhasbeenoverlookedduringyourtraining.OrasRoseputit,‘thethemecanalsoincorporateotheraspects:yourpersonalinterestsinthehistoryandcultureofMalaysia;maybealittle-knownbuildinginKLoroutstation;somethingfromanothermuseum,gallery,collection…thepotentiallistisendless.’
Markthisinyourcalendar
10-Mar-18 Sat GraduationB28&B29&CourseCompletionB3015-Mar-18 Thu Focus:Talkon"TheChittiesofMelaka"byKaren&Jega15-Mar-18 Thu MVJ:23highschoolstudentsfromHokkaidovisitsMN16-Mar-18 Fri 20studentsfromUTMSpace,ThailandvisitsMN
21-Mar-18 WedVisittoKualaKangsar(postponedastheair-condinthebusisnotworking)
22-Mar-18 Thu MVF:"RitualsandBeliefsintheChineseWorld"byJean-Marie3-Apr-18 Tue MVCommitteeMeeting-allwelcome3-Apr-18 Tue FrenchMV:NightatMuseum14-Apr-18 Sat Focus:"TheStoryofKapitanYapAhLoy"byBillyWoo21-Apr-18 Sat 1stNightTrailinMNat10pm5-May-18 Sat TehTarik28-May-18 Tue CoffeeMorning-inviteyourfriendsJuly/August VisittoJB&Singapore(tobeconfirmed)29-Aug-18 Wed MVJBatch31-Startoftraining1-Sep-18 Sat MVBatch32-Startoftraining4-Sep-18 Tue MVBatch33-Startoftraining
Miscellaneous
SCHOOLVISITS:[email protected]@yahoo.comifyouwouldliketohelpwiththeschoolvisits.
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BLOG:PleasedocontributetoourMVblog.SendyourarticlestoMaganatmagan25@gmail.comPHOTOS:Takenanymust-sharephotosofartefactsorpeoplelately?Sendthemtokarenllc@gmail.comwithashortdescriptionandwewillposttheminnextmonth’sScreamer.http://museumvolunteersjmm.com/https://www.facebook.com/Museum-Volunteers-Department-of-Museums-Malaysiahttp://www.jmm.gov.my/en/museum/muzium-negarahttp://www.muziumnegara.gov.my/
