Near the Kreta Ayer Heritage Gallery, visitors can join daily workshops hosted by the Chinatown Cultural Foundation, including Nanyang folk art painting, Cantonese oral history recording, and traditional pastry-making sessions, offering hands-on engagement with local heritage. Every Saturday evening features the Night Walk in Chinatown, a vibrant event combining light installations, live music, and storytelling that transforms historic streets into an immersive cultural stage.
The gallery itself hosts interactive digital exhibitions using virtual reality to reconstruct life in late 19th-century Chinese immigrant communities, showcasing rare historical newspapers, family photographs, and personal archives. These experiences not only deepen understanding of Singapore’s multicultural identity but also invite guests to become active participants in living history narratives.