4/5 Yong Hui, Ronny T. 1 year ago on Google • 25 reviews
My
family
(including
wife
and
2
kids
(13
and
11
years
old))
visited
the
MOE
Heritage
Centre
on
5
Sep
2022,
from
3pm
-
5pm.
Overall,
we
had
an
enjoyable
and
educational
time
here,
learning
about
Singapore’s
education
history
from
the
19th
century
till
today,
while
viewing
the
various
galleries
and
interacting
with
the
physical
exhibits
(classroom
furniture,
technical
workshop
equipment,
etc.).
Tips:
======
Parking
:
The
sole
carpark
entrance
is
NOT
along
Balestier
Road,
although
the
address
was
565
Balestier
Road
and
plotting
navigation
directions
on
Google
Maps
shows
this
as
the
result.
The
carpark
entrance
is
actually
from
Novena
Rise.
Registration:
When
we
arrived
at
the
carpark,
there
was
a
set
of
barrier
gates
along
the
sheltered
pedestrian
pavement.
We
were
kinda
lost
on
how
to
get
over
them.
We
were
about
to
simply
enter
via
the
vehicular
entrance
when
the
security
guard
at
the
guardhouse
saw
us
and
said
that
we
needed
to
register.
There
was
no
mention
of
this
need
for
registration
on
the
official
websites.
Registration
took
quite
a
while
as
(a)
it
was
done
individually
(cannot
be
done
under
a
POC's
name),
(b)
ID
cards
needed
to
be
produced
(which
luckily
my
children
brought
with
them),
and
(c)
the
many
piece
of
information
(Name,
NRIC,
phone
number)
was
manually
typed
into
the
system
by
the
security
guard.
So
be
prepared
for
this
delay.
Guided
Tour:
We
were
only
able
to
arrive
at
3pm,
which
is
after
the
sole
2pm
tour.
I'm
not
sure
how
many
visitors
took
up
the
2pm
tour,
and
we
were
prepared
to
miss
it.
Fortunately,
thanks
to
the
Centre
Director
(Ms
Sarin
Abdul?)
who
happened
to
be
at
the
reception
counter
when
we
arrived,
she
kindly
offered
to
organise
an
extra
3:30pm
tour
just
for
us
and
gave
us
a
personal
and
insightful
tour
:)
Exhibition:
The
single-storey
Balestier
exhibition
area
is
smaller
than
its
former
two-storey
Commonwealth
site.
This
significantly
reduced
the
space
for
artefact
and
wall
display.
Nevertheless,
we
enjoyed
the
galleries
and
well-presented
tour.
Our
favourite
bits
were:
1.
A
small
wall
terminal
that
allows
visitors
to
search
for
listen
to
their
school
anthem
songs.
2.
Textbook
section
that
showed
textbooks
from
different
time
eras
3.
Classroom
furniture
display
(enlarged
replicas
of
tables
and
chair,
AVA
lab
equipment,
OHP
projector,
technical
workshop/
tools,
etc.)
4.
Games
section
with
hopskotch.
All
in
all,
we
had
a
great
experience
and
look
forward
to
an
expanded
exhibition
space
in
the
future
:)
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