By special invitation, 15 Kindergarten Two (K2) children from Kinderland Academy @ Yio Chu Kang attended the launch of Unearthing Stories of Us II: Re-pieced at Marina Bay MRT Station on 13 November 2026. Mr Baey Yam Keng, Minister of State, Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) and Ministry of Transport (MOT), was the Guest of Honour.

K2 children from Kinderland Academy @ Yio Chu Kang at the launch of Unearthing Stories of Us II: Re-pieced with (back row, from left) Georgina Koh, Director, NHB; Chang Hwee Nee, Chief Executive Officer, NHB; Mr Baey Yam Keng, Minister of State MCCY & MOT, and Mayor, Northeast District; Mr Lam Sheau Kai, President, SMRT Trains; Mr Alvin Kek, Deputy President, SMRT Trains.

Organised by National Heritage Board (NHB) in collaboration with SMRT Trains, the exhibition follows a first edition at Bras Basah MRT Station in November 2025. It presents 3D-printed reconstructions of 10 artefacts from two historic shipwrecks found in Singapore waters: the 14th-century Temasek wreck and the Shah Muncher, which sank in 1796.

Opening speech conducted by Georgina Koh, Director, NHB, at the launch.

The originals are still being conserved and studied. In each reconstruction, the coloured parts replicate the fragments that were recovered, and the rest suggests how the whole object once looked. Even the worn glazes on the ceramics have been recreated.

Our K2 children took a closer look at the reconstructed blue-and-white bowls during the guided tour.

Ms Sarah Teo, Assistant Director for Archaeology and NHB, guided our children and teachers through the exhibits. As the exhibition panel puts it, reconstructing these objects lets us “imagine how they might have been used when intact”. Our K2s were among the first to do just that.

A Kinderland child pointed interacting with one of the 3D-printed reconstructions.