MUSEUM NEWS ARCHIVE 

Tthe Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum is part of Singapore’s history of the recent past. This history encompasses the intersection of different aspects such as human relationships with the environment and the role of institutions in education and knowledge production. Reconstructing understandings of events and their historical analysis depend on the availability of sources.   Newspaper articles are one among the different kinds of primary sources that scholars rely on to study the past. Below are some of the sources we collected as part of this project:

• Kash Cheong, “Tortoise thieves make quick getaway,” Reuters, February 3, 2009, accessed September 30, 2018, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tortoise/tortoise-thieves-make-quick-getaway-idUSTRE5114VK20090202.
• Elena Chong, “Two charged with theft of Indian star tortoise from museum,” The Straits Times, October 24, 2017, accessed September 30, 2018, https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/two-charged-with-theft-of-indian-star-tortoise-from-museum.
• Pei Ting Wong, “Turtle and Tortoise Museum facing race against time to find new home,” TODAY Singapore, September 2, 2017, accessed September 30, 2018, https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/turtle-and-tortoise-museum-facing-race-against-time-find-new-home.
• “Chinese Garden’s Turtle and Tortoise Museum Struggles To Find New Home Amidst Incoming Jurong Lake Makeover,” Coconuts Singapore, September 5, 2017, accessed September 30, 2018, https://coconuts.co/singapore/news/chinese-gardens-turtle-tortoise-museum-struggles-find-new-home-amidst-incoming-jurong-lake-makeover/.
• Michelle Ng, “What’s trending in Singapore this month,” TimeOut, March 26, 2018, accessed September 30, 2018, https://www.timeout.com/singapore/news/whats-trending-in-singapore-this-month-032618.
• Kangwei Wang 王康威, “Sili Bowuguan xiao er qiao私立博物馆小而巧 [Private Museums – Small and Nimble],” Lianhe Wanbao 联合晚报, May 14, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018, https://www.zaobao.com.sg/culture/arts/story20180514-858928.“13 tourist attractions Singaporeans never go to,” Time Out, May 24, 2018, accessed September 30, 2018, https://www.timeout.com/singapore/things-to-do/tourist-attractions-singaporeans-never-go-to.
• Yingzhen Chen 陈映蓁, “Liang ditiezhan liangdahuayuan两地铁站两大花园 [Two gardens that span across two train stations],” Lianhe Zaobao 联合早报, May 27, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018, https://www.zaobao.com.sg/zlifestyle/travel/story20180527-862312.
• Yaohui Lim, “Bye, turtles? Jurong turtle museum to close in March,” The Straits Times, October 23, 2017, accessed September 30, 2018, https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/bye-turtles.
• “PM Lee replies to turtle museum owner’s eviction appeal in Facebook post,” The Straits Times, March 5, 2018, accessed September 30, 2018, https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pm-lee-replies-to-turtle-museum-owners-eviction-appeal-in-facebook-post.
• Zhifa Huang 黄志发, “Huoguiaobowuguan yao ban nu guanzhang qiuzhuzhongli活龟鳖博物馆要搬 女馆长求助总理 [The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum is going to be moved – the curator asks for help from the Prime Minister],” Lianhe Wanbao 联合晚报, March 5, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018, https://www.zaobao.com.sg/znews/singapore/story20180305-840142.
• Cheryl Tee, “PM Lee replies to turtle museum owner’s appeal,” The Straits Times, March 6, 2018, accessed September 29, 2018, https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/pm-lee-replies-to-turtle-museum-owners-appeal.
• Junxian Huang 黄俊贤, “Yuhua yuan Huoguiaobowuguan jixu yingye zhi xia yue zhong 裕华园活龟鳖博物馆 继续营业至下月中 [The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum continues to operate in the Chinese Gardens until the middle of next month],” Lianhe Wanbao 联合晚报, March 17, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018, https://www.zaobao.com.sg/znews/singapore/story20180317-843493.
• “NParks studying if more time can be given to Singapore turtle museum to relocate,” Channel NewsAsia, March 7, 2018, accessed September 29, 2018, https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nparks-studying-if-more-time-can-be-given-to-singapore-turtle-10022470.
• Pei Ling Wong, “Second wind for Live turtle and Tortoise Museum at Chinese Gardens?” TODAY Singapore, March 7, 2018, accessed September 29, 2018, https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/second-wind-live-turtle-and-tortoise-museum-chinese-gardens.
• Cheryl Tee, “Extension for Chinese Garden turtle museum lease being considered,” The Straits Times, March 8, 2018, accessed September 29, 2018, https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/possible-extension-for-chinese-garden-turtle-museum-lease-being-considered.
• “Yuhua yuan Huoguiaobowuguan zhang buman dangju huiying “Banqu guiyu shi rang wugui qu songsi” 裕华园活龟鳖博物馆馆长不满当局回应 “搬去龟屿 是让乌龟去送死” [The curator of the Chinese Gardens Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum was dissatisfied with the authorities’ response: “Moving to the turtle island is to let the turtles die”],” Channel8News, March 8, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018, https://www.channel8news.sg/news8/singapore/20180308-sg-turtle/3975872.html.
• “Yuhua yuan Huoguiaobowuguan zhang: Ruguo wu fa xuyue 3 yue 18 ri jiang guanbi [The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum’s Curator: If the contract cannot be renewed, the Museum will close on March 18],” Channel8News, March 11, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018, https://www.channel8news.sg/news8/singapore/20180311-sg-turtle-museum/3978246.html.
• Guowei Nie 聂国威, “Huoguiaobowuguanjiang juxu kaifang dao 4 yue活龟鳖博物馆将继续开放到4月[The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum will remain open until April],” Channel8News, March 17, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018, https://www.channel8news.sg/news8/singapore/20180317-sg-turtle-museum/3983004.html.
• Lydia Lam, “Lease for Chinese Garden turtle museum to be extended, owner says,” The Straits Times, March 17, 2018, accessed September 29, 2018, https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/lease-for-chinese-garden-turtle-museum-to-be-extended-owner-says.
• “Yulang huqu chongxinfazhan Huoguiaobowuguanmianlian banqian nanti裕廊湖区重新发展 活龟鳖博物馆面临搬迁难题 [Redevelopment of Jurong Lake District: The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum faces the problem of relocation],” Channel8News, April 9, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018, https://www.channel8news.sg/news8/singapore/20170904-sg-jurong-turtle-museum/3817006.html.
• “The best museums in Singapore,” Time Out, September 4, 2018, accessed September 30, 2018, https://www.timeout.com/singapore/things-to-do/best-museums-in-singapore.
• Huiting Liao 廖慧婷 and Beiying Huang黄贝盈, “Bowuguan zuyue jiang man 500 gui bie hequhecong博物馆租约将满 500龟鳖何去何从 [A Museum full of 500 Turtles: Where can they go after the lease expires?],” Lianhe Wanbao 联合晚报, September 6, 2018, accessed December 10, 2018, https://www.zaobao.com.sg/znews/singapore/story20170906-793126.
• “The Live Turtle and Tortoise Museum,” Atlas Obscura, n.d., accessed September 30, 2018, https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-live-turtle-and-tortoise-museum-singapore.