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Special Exhibition
Peacock Power: Beauty and Symbolism Across Cultures
31 Oct 2025 – 30 Aug 2026
With its dazzling feathers and spectacular tail, the peacock has long symbolised beauty, power, and divinity across Asia. Its image travelled widely, inspiring sacred imagery, luxury ornament, and everyday adornment. Shaped by diverse cultural influences, Peranakan art provides an ideal starting point for this journey. Each object invites us to consider how a motif moved between regions and contexts, revealing the networks that connect peoples and how artistic traditions evolve through exchange.
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Daily Guided Tours at Peranakan Museum
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Guided tours led by our volunteer docents are available daily.
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Peacock Power Weekend Festival: Feathers & Fanfare!
6–7 June 2026, 2–7pm
Celebrate the peacock’s enduring beauty and symbolism with a vibrant weekend of performances, storytelling, hands-on activities, and gallery experiences, inspired by Peacock Power: Beauty and Symbolism Across Cultures.
Enjoy free admission to the special exhibition on 6 and 7 June, with exclusive merchandise for exhibition visitors.
Presented in collaboration with the Peranakan Association Singapore as part of Community Voices at the Peranakan Museum.
GALLERIES
How cultures interact and combine to produce something new, different, and distinctive, revealing a range of Peranakan customs, foods, languages, and beliefs.
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Like food and art, Peranakan fashion has for centuries responded to the cosmopolitan environment of port cities in Southeast Asia by bringing together diverse influences.
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What makes someone or something Peranakan? Which parts can be traced to different cultural influences? Where varied expressions exist, is there something that is shared?
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OUR PERANAKAN STORIES
“One of the most important aspects of beading is that the person must be patient. Beading is not something you can do in a hurried way; you cannot speed up by trying to use a machine.”
Bebe Seet, Rumah Bebe
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