While NHB continues to feature the latest in Asian heritage and contemporary art in its museums, it will also invest more into acquisition, research, documentation and preservation of Singapore and Asian cultural heritage. NHB will develop a comprehensive acquisition strategy to strengthen the value and historical signi cance of Singapore’s National Collection. It will produce more scholarly research and publications in Singaporean and Southeast Asian history and heritage and host museum exchanges and forums (such as the ASEAN Museum Directors’ Symposium) that would bring together academics, researchers and other museum professionals in knowledge exchange.