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| [[File:Maritime Experiential Museum & Aquarium, Resorts World Sentosa, Singapore - 20120102.jpg|thumb|The main entrance of the museum]]
| | The '''Maritime Experiential Museum''' (Simplified Chinese: 海事博物馆及水族馆 (Maritime Museum and Aquarium), formerly the Maritime Xperiential Museum and the Maritime Experiential Museum & Aquarium, is a museum in [[Resorts World Sentosa]], [[Sentosa]], Singapore, built to house the Jewel of Muscat and some of the 60,000 artefacts salvaged from the Belitung shipwreck, an Arabian dhow wrecked off the coast of Belitung Island. |
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| The '''Maritime Experiential Museum & Aquarium''' (MEMA, [[Simplified Chinese]]: 海事博物馆及水族馆 (''Maritime Museum and Aquarium'')), formerly the ''Maritime Xperiential Museum'', is a museum in [[Resorts World Sentosa]], [[Sentosa]], [[Singapore]] built to house the ''[[Jewel of Muscat]]'' and some of the 60,000 artefacts salvaged from the [[Belitung shipwreck]], an Arabian [[dhow]] wrecked off the coast of [[Belitung Island]].
| | ==Related articles== |
| | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maritime_Experiential_Museum Wikipedia article] |
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| ==Background==
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| The ''[[Jewel of Muscat]]'' is an accurate reproduction of the Arab dhow ship presented by the [[Sultanate of Oman]] to the government and people of Singapore after its arrival after recreating part of the Belitung ships's route from [[Oman]] to [[Indonesia]].
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| The artefacts, purchased by the Sentosa Leisure Group in 2005, are on loan to the [[Singapore Tourism Board]]. The museum will support research and conservation and is due to be opened on 15 October 2011.<ref name=openingdate>{{cite web|title=Discovering Southeast Asia’s maritime history|url=http://www.rwsentosablog.com/2011/09/06/discovering-southeast-asias-maritime-history/#more-1071|publisher=Resorts World Sentosa (Official Blog)|accessdate=14 September 2011}}</ref>
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| ==Shipwreck==
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| The Belitung shipwreck was discovered in 1998 by sea-cucumber fishermen diving in shallow water, just off the coast of [[Belitung]] island near [[Java]]. The wreck was excavated by Tilman Walterfang where it was discovered that the cargo of 60,000 items was still in place.
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| ===Cargo===<!-- removed material directly copied or plagarised - do not restore -->
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| Thanks to Tilman Walterfang’s ethical philosophy the cargo was not sold off piece by piece to collectors. Walterfang kept the precious cargo intact as one complete collection so that it could be studied in its original context. It was housed in private storage for six years where the items have been painstakingly [[Underwater archaeology#Artifact recovery and conservation|conserved]] (including [[desalination]]), studied and carefully restored by Tilman's company Seabed Explorations Ltd in [[New Zealand]].
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| The cargo was eventually purchased for around $32 million [[USD|US]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sentosa.sg/about_us/press_releases/press_release_details.asp?id=11|title=Sentosa Proceeds to Buy 9th Century Treasure|date=April 8, 2005|publisher=Sentosa|accessdate=17 February 2010|location=Singapore}}</ref><ref name="China Heritage Project">{{cite web|url=http://www.chinaheritagenewsletter.org/articles.php?searchterm=001_maritimesilk.inc&issue=001|title=CHINA MARITIME SILK ROAD MUSEUM|publisher=The Australian National University|accessdate=17 February 2010}}</ref><!-- Material removed was a copyvio, and plagarised, from the page http://www.asia.si.edu/press/prShipwreck.htm --> and was put on display at the [[ArtScience Museum]] at [[Marina Bay Sands]], in an exhibition called "Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds" running from 19 February to 31 July 2011.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[Belitung shipwreck]]
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| * [[Jewel of Muscat]]
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| * [[ArtScience Museum]]
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/Attractions/MaritimeExperientialMuseumAquarium Official site]
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| * [http://www.seabedexplorations.com/ Seabed Explorations website]
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| * [http://www.forbes.com/2001/04/04/0404hot_print.html Story and some pictures of the treasures]
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| * [http://www.jewelofmuscat.tv/en/node/418 Website of the ''Jewel of Muscat'']
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| * [http://wn.com/Tang_Shipwreck_Treasure_Singapore's_Maritime_Collection Video interviews]
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| * [http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/the-1200yearold-sunken-treasure-that-revealed-an-undiscovered-china-559906.html Story about ship's discovery in ''The Independent'']
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| [[Category:Museums established in 2011]]
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| [[Category:Maritime museums]]
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