Before emails and messaging apps, people would send postcards and letters in the mail. Imagine that! This slice of history is just one aspect of life for the pre-Internet generation (aka your mum and dad’s) that was showcased in an NTU Museum exhibition, Sites & Nature: A Collection of Remembering, which told the story of Singapore’s urban and natural development through artworks, artefacts, furniture, plants and materials.

This story was published in the Sep-Oct 2023 issue of HEY!. To read it and other stories from this issue in print, click here.