An exhibition in Singapore showcases a grand pagoda journey


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In Singapore, the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) lead conservator Leon Sim is seen working on a historic wooden model pagoda for the museum's exhibition 'Pagoda Odyssey 1915 From Shanghai To San Francisco'. Photo: The Straits Times/Asia News Network

More than 80 wooden model pagodas from before 1915, newly acquired for Singapore’s National Collection, are being given the international star treatment as they arrive in Singapore.

Lead conservator Leon Sim, who inspected the models in San Francisco, says the models are first acclimatised to local museum humidity levels for days, notch by notch, from 42 to 55 per cent.

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