Latest Event Updates
Christmas Vintage Fair 2020
Badan Warisan Malaysia is pleased to present A Vintage Christmas Fair 2020!
If you are a collector or an avid fan of heritage items, please view our collection of preloved furniture from a Colonial House, exquisite crystals and collectables. Available now for sale.
All items are on an “as is where is” basis and will be sold on a first come, first served basis.
If you would like to view or buy any items in person, please make an appointment either via email to admin@badanwarisan.org.my or call Syuhada at 03-2144 9273 .
Please note that our office is open only on Tuesday – Thursday, between 10am – 5pm during MCO.
We accept cheques, cash and credit cards at the office, where a receipt will be issued. Online payments can be made to Badan Warisan Malaysia at:
Account Number : 0140 1111 8256
Bank Name : Maybank
Email : admin@badanwarisan.org.my
A booking confirmation will be sent after we receive proof of payment via email.
Collection of items is at our Heritage Centre at No. 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur. Delivery of items is available at an additional cost.
RESTORING STADIUM MERDEKA – FOR THE RECORD
Organized by Badan Warisan Malaysia in collaboration with Think City Institute.
Webinar Details
Date: Saturday, 12 December 2020
Time: 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM (inclusive of Q&A)
Moderator: Lim Wei-Ling, President, Badan Warisan Malaysia
Free Admission
ABOUT THE TALK
Professor Ar. Laurence Loh shares with us the inside story behind the highly successful restoration of Stadium Merdeka. It is a story worth telling as it embodies the personal agendas and missions of key personalities in Badan Warisan Malaysia and describes the conversations that led up to the execution of the project.
What went on behind the scenes to set the stage for one of Malaysia’s most important conservation projects undertaken to date?
How did Badan Warisan Malaysia, through Laurence’s technical leadership, craft the conservation approach to ensure it attained the Award of Excellence in the 2008 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Awards cycle?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Professor Ar. Laurence Loh, AA Dip, APAM, MIID, ICOMOS, FHKICON, graduated from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1974 and returned to Penang in the same year to start his professional career. Laurence is a self-taught architectural conservation pioneer who has dedicated a large portion of his professional life and time to putting Penang and Malaysia on the World Heritage map through his high-profile architectural conservation projects, both theoretical and physical. The restoration of the Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion (1995 PAM Award of Excellence in Conservation and 2000 UNESCO Most Excellent Award) kickstarted his involvement in the field. In 2019, PAM bestowed upon him the PAM Gold Medal Award for Design Excellence.
As an architect, he has consistently produced best practice exemplars that set benchmarks for the cultural profession to emulate and he continues to push the boundaries to match universal expectations. His major architectural achievements, of which some are modern works, are iconic milestones that have directly and indirectly catalyzed change and influenced the architectural conservation process, design and policy locally, nationally and internationally.
Please click the button below to register.
BWM Annual General Meeting 2020
Dear Members,
This is a reminder to our email that was sent on 19 November 2020 with regards to the Notice of Annual General Meeting. The details are as follows:
Badan Warisan Malaysia 37th AGM 2020
Date : 19 December 2020 (Saturday)
Time : 10am
Venue: Virtual via Zoom
The meeting will be held via ZOOM virtual meeting. The link will be advised nearer to AGM date and we suggest you register your attendance with us (via email) to ensure you receive this. Those who wish to attend the meeting are advised to download the ZOOM app in advance.
If you wish to nominate any candidate to serve on the Council, please use the nomination form that was circulated in the email or contact membership@badanwarisan.org to obtain a copy. The candidate must be a current voting member of the Badan Warisan Malaysia with their subscription fully paid up to date. The form must be completed and signed by the proposer, seconder and the nominee indicating his/her agreement to stand for election.
In order to be included in the Notice for the Annual General Meeting at 10:00am on Saturday 19 December 2020, the completed nomination form must be received no later than 5:00pm on Monday 30 November 2020, by the office of Badan Warisan Malaysia at No. 2 Jalan Stonor Kuala Lumpur, or by email to membership@badanwarisan.org.my.
Download the nomination form HERE
Thank you.
Love MY Heritage
To celebrate Malaysia’s 63rd birthday, we nominate @weilinggallery @zahimalbakri @sjal @bane.lim @a.afzalazhari & @jplistens to take up the challenge to highlight and preserve Malaysian heritage and culture, through sharing a special photograph and a story of memory growing up in this country! We no longer limit entries to photographs taken before the 1980s, so pictures taken at any time are welcomed!
Submit your photo via our online platform HERE. We may feature or share it on our social media.
To participate, repost this photo and nominate 5 of your friends to take up the challenge using the above caption and tag us at @heritagemalaysia #lovemyheritage.
Let the challenge begin!
Click HERE for more information on Badan Warisan Malaysia’s Love My Heritage campaign.
If you have any enquiries, please email lovemyheritage@badanwarisan.org.my.
UPDATE:
Love MY Heritage is now an ongoing campaign and we no longer limit entries to photographs taken before the 1980s, so pictures taken at any time are welcomed!
Notice: Re-opening of Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman
NOTICE
We are pleased to announce that Rumah Penghulu Abu Seman will reopen on Tuesday, 1st September 2020.
Guided tours will be available from Tuesdays to Thursdays at 11am and 3pm, with a minimum donation of RM10 per person.
We are also open for group visits and group tours on other days, with an advanced booking required (Subjected to availability, date & time).
Read more about our available tour programmes at https://bit.ly/2YyB2Nj and get in touch with us via email at info@badanwarisan.org.my.
Love MY Heritage
Badan Warisan Malaysia’s Love MY Heritage campaign aims to discover, collect and archive Malaysians’ valuable memories, which include personal, social, and historical, with the aim of sharing them with the world and thus promoting the idea of shared heritage. Everyone has their own version of heritage that they hold on to. It would be riveting to learn, hear and read the people’s stories and how they see heritage as part of their lives.
Love MY Heritage intends to invoke nostalgia and memories of heritage within individuals or groups that happened in the past either the heritage still remain until now or it’s been demolished, abandoned or faded. Heritage can be tangible or intangible, tangible refers to things that we can store or physically touch, for example, traditional clothing, tools, buildings, artwork, and monuments. Intangible heritage refers to things that are not physical items but exist intellectually, for example, oral traditions, rituals, beliefs and skills to produce traditional crafts.
This campaign focuses on Malaysian Heritage, parallel with its name where ‘MY’ is the abbreviation of Malaysia and as indication that the heritage is “ours”. Heritage is inclusive of features belonging to our diversified culture, such as traditions, languages, or buildings that were created in the past and still have historical importance. Heritage is the sum total of our memories, experiences, records, artifacts, and traditions that we have inherited. Heritage has brought together people from different levels and diverse backgrounds; Malaysia has been and continues to be a melting pot for diversity.
We invite you to participate and share the stories of your Malaysian heritage with us by submitting digital photos with a caption via the designated online platform. Selected entries will be shared on our online and social media platforms; featured photos that receive the most number of likes will receive a prize.
PARTICIPATION GUIDELINES
- Follow Badan Warisan Malaysia on Instagram and/or Facebook (Like & Follow).
- Submit the photo(s) with details that must include:
- Date of photo (e.g. year or MM/YYYY or c1960 means circa 1960)
- Location of photo (e.g. town & state)
- Description or story of photo (e.g. what is in the photo, what is it about, who is in it)
- Name (full name of participant)
- Participant’s IG handle (if any)
- #hashtag suggestion (one only)
- Pictures taken at any time are welcomed – No limit or specific period of time
- Each photo /series of photos MUST be accompanied by an anecdote or story or just a few sentences about the photo and/or the individuals/place within the image.
- Each photo must have a minimum resolution of 400 dpi in JPEG or PNG format.
- Unlimited entries per participant allowed.
- Submit your entries HERE.
Click HERE to read the Terms and Conditions. By submitting entries in this campaign, participants confirm that they have read, understood, and agree to the terms and conditions.
If you have any enquiries, please email lovemyheritage@badanwarisan.org.my.
#LoveMYHeritage #HeritageMalaysia #OurHeritage #OurStories #BadanWarisanMalaysia #Malaysia #Nostalgia #Memories
UPDATE:
Love MY Heritage is now an ongoing campaign and we no longer limit entries to photographs taken before the 1980s, so pictures taken at any time are welcomed!
Gift Shop Fair – Antiques & Collectables
Badan Warisan Malaysia together with Kita Kita present Gift Shop Fair – Antiques & Collectables.
Date: 14 – 16 August 2020 (Friday – Sunday)
Time: 10am – 6pm
Venue: No. 2 Jalan Stonor, Kuala Lumpur
All items are on an “as is where is” basis and will be sold on first come, first served basis from 14 August 2020. Cash/credit cards accepted.
Following Covid-19 guidelines – the maximum capacity within BWM’s Heritage Centre is limited to 15 members and visitors at a time. Please book an appointment based on hourly slots available during the 3 day event. To book your appointment, please email admin@badanwarisan.org.my or call Syuhada at 03-2144 9273 (call BWM office only when open on Tuesday-Thursday between 10am-5pm).
Furniture items are available for preview during Tuesday-Thursday between 10am-5pm.
Please see posters for more details.
Thank you.
Fraser’s Hill Resort and Spa Plan
BWM MEDIA STATEMENT
3 August 2020
Badan Warisan Malaysia (BWM), the leading national heritage NGO in Malaysia that was established in 1983, is saddened to learn of the recent destruction of important heritage buildings in Fraser’s Hill, which has resulted in the loss of priceless history and architectural heritage.
BWM is deeply concerned about the unnecessary destruction of the country’s built heritage. BWM Council is issuing this statement to disagree with this act of built heritage demolition.
As a body, we are actively working to try to preserve the country’s heritage for future generations. We are therefore disappointed to hear that these important aspects of architectural significance have been demolished without any due consideration.
Fraser’s Hill celebrated the centenary of its establishment as a hill station in 2019. Its unique location in the forested highlands of Peninsular Malaysia and limited access has allowed Fraser’s to preserve its distinctive historical, architectural and natural heritage. Unchecked over-development would jeopardise these qualities that have made it attractive to both local and foreign visitors for a hundred years.
Built heritage and intangible heritage values should be considered by the state administration, when evaluating tourism resources. It is vital that the state authorities control future development to maintain the existing rural scale, and not impose urban highrise scale, which will destroy the very charm of Fraser’s Hill which attracts tourists from far and wide.
Although we acknowledge that these are privately owned properties, it is indeed a shame that an opportunity was lost to document the architectural features of these iconic building through measured surveys. As far as we are aware, architectural salvage and archiving was not done before the demolition, for preservation and reuse.
On a separate note, BWM applauds and appreciates the recognition and the strong initiatives recently undertaken by DBKL to help boost tourism in the Federal Capital through the recognition of 353 locations and buildings as historical sites under the Jejak Warisan project in Kuala Lumpur.
We hope these type of government initiatives will be far-reaching and extend to cover more states in Malaysia to protect our heritage for the country’s future generations. What is lost is gone forever.
A petition under Change.Org has garnered 5,000 signatures thus far: https://www.change.org/p/ikhasas-group-call-for-review-of-fraser-s-hill-resort-spa?recruiter=55227218&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=psf_combo_share_abi&utm_medium=whatsapp&recruited_by_id=42444930-c401-0130-8cf2-3c764e0455b2&utm_content=washarecopy_23585133_en-GB%3A0
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About Badan Warisan Malaysia
Badan Warisan Malaysia (The Heritage of Malaysia Trust) is the leading national heritage NGO established in 1983 as an independent registered charity. BWM works to raise awareness of heritage issues and advocate for a conservation-friendly environment in Malaysia. BWM works throughout Malaysia, cooperating with community groups, institutions, the private sector and all levels of Government to promote the conservation and preservation of our historic buildings and places. BWM plays a pivotal role in advocacy through a range of activities including heritage education, and we initiate research and documentation of our heritage assets and contribute to debates at international, national and local levels, on the quality of our built environment.
For more information on BWM, please visit badanwarisan.org.my
Media statement in BM is available HERE
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