The MBS ArtScience Museum

Took a photo of the newest Museum in town.
Photo of the MBS ArtScience Museum around 7:30 pm last Friday evening.



I am wondering how it looks inside. One of these days, I will go in and take a look.

I saw from an email flyer that if you use OCBC Bank Credit Cards to pay, you get 20% off admission fee. So find someone with an OCBC Card to pay for it first ;-)

I love museum

It's the school holidays in Singapore now. If you are a parent and running out of ideas to entertain your kids, you might want to turn your kid into a museum fan. ;-)

When I was doing my pre-U studies in Melbourne, I remember my teacher/lecturer saying that most people visit Museums and Art Galleries around the world and not the ones in their own city! Do you think it's true? I think so!





If you have a few kids, you might find it expensive if you got to pay for entrance fees for so many people. (eg 4 or 5 persons)

A colleague told me that last week they were at the Science Centre to catch the Pixar thingy but they not go in after looking at the prices. They went nearby to entertain the kid.

But here's some good news. Many of us know that we usually have to pay for entrance fees for museums in Singapore. But looking at this huge banner, it says Free Admission!

"Singapore 1960" - starts tomorrow till 22 Aug 2010.
For more details you can visit http://www.nationalmuseum.sg




Here's another activity for your weekends in Singapore.
Walking tours! If you like to walk and get to know Singapore more, you might want to visit http://yesterday.sg/
They have free walking tours every Sunday.

Quest for Immortality @ National Museum of Singapore

It was the last day of the "Quest for Immortality" exhibition at National Museum of Singapore yesterday.

I had a free entrance ticket (the special gallery costs $15 to enter usually) and thought I should use it since it is the last day of the exhibition. When I got there, there were long queues everywhere!

It was the Museum Open Day and all the different galleries were free for all! Everyone was there for the freebie day. (My free ticket was useless! It was free for all!)

I SMS my cousin and let her know and she and her dad came too!
Just showing one set of photos from the exhibition.




The Horus and Horemheb Statues.




The queue to this particular gallery was long. Even MediaCrop TV crew were there to interview the public.
I like the expression of the little boy!




When we left the National Museum, we saw the queue was all the way out to the road outside!

Visit the museums for free till 15 Aug...

One thing about visiting UK is that museums are free! So, lots of visitors never fail to visit the museums there.

Will that be possible in Singapore? Oh yes, from 1 - 15 August 2008. The museums are free if you enter after 3 pm. (why not the whole day I wonder...)



Momo, sis and I went to the museum on the 25th of last month. We saw many things that we have not seen since we were little kids. Some of it looks familiar, others, we were not even born yet!

From the bottles above, we only remember the Yeo's soya bean and Kickapoo Joy Juice.
(my bro recently told me, Kickapoo is actually not Asian like many of us grew up to know!)


These museums are free to visit till 15 Aug. (after 3pm)
Asian Civilisations Museum, Memories At Old Ford Factory, National Archives of Singapore, National Museum of Singapore, Peranakan Museum, Reflections at Bukit Chandu, Singapore Art Museum and Singapore Philatelic Museum.

Peranakan Museum

Yesterday's post had the close up of the museum's entrance.



The museum was formerly the Tao Nan School building.
This photo taken in the evening last week.

Newest museum in town, the Peranakan Musuem

The newest museum in town is called the Peranakan Musuem. It was opened last weekend. Lots of programs have been lined up for the next few weekends. Interesting programs have been lined up for the 3-4 May and 10-11 May weekend.



Want to find out what Peranakan means? Read about it at this Peranakan Association in Singapore website.

You can also find out more about this museum here.

You can also view the food places that I have eaten that serves Peranakan food.

Red Dot Design Museum @ Red Dot Traffic

How red can a building get? This red!

It sure is eye catching! What is it? It is a building called Red Dot Traffic.



That building hosts the Red Dot Design Museum.



Want to read more about the museum? Go to http://www.red-dot.sg/concept/museum/main_page.htm

When was the last time you went to a museum and which museum was it?

Museum Series - Asian Civilizations Museum

I took a picture of the ACM before in 2006. View last year's picture here.

This time, it looks different ya?



You prefer the new or old look?

Oldest Musuem but with the youngest & innovative soul

More Museums! Haha.. If you like visiting musuems and such, try this one as well. The National Museum of Singapore.

You should visit their website and read about her history. Wow. This is really a great old dame. It went through an extensive renovation, and reopened in December last year.



Website: http://www.nationalmuseum.sg/

The quote in the title is as quoted at the website :-)

Mint Museum Opening

MINT stands for Moment of Imagination and Nostalgia with Toys.
It officially opens today.

It's opened by an electrical engineer who loves his toys. His 30 year old collection is now housed in this 5 story building.



(which one?) it's the wavy glass facade building.
It's at 26 Seah Street.

I have an earlier post as well here.
If you are interested in museums all over Singapore, Singeo has it all mapped out here.

World's First Purpose-built Toy Museum Right in Singapore.

Aha! Did you know that the world's first purpose-built toy museum is right here in Singapore?

It's called the Mint Musuem of Toys. Visit their website at: http://www.emint.com/



It's located at 26 Seah Street, right opposite the iconic Raffles Hotel.


[if you are interested in more musuems in Singapore, click on the Museums Label below, :-) ]

Museum Series - Civil Defense Heritage Gallery

This is also the oldest fire station in Singapore. It houses the Civil Defense Heritage Gallery.



If you like Fire Engines, especially antique ones, visit this place! :-)
Free admission. Closed on Mondays. You can visit between 10am - 5pm, Tuesdays to Sundays.

Museum Series - Asian Civilisations Museum

This is the picture I took last nite of the Asian Civilisations Museum, fondly known as the ACM here in Singapore. I went to a musical performance just next to the museum, the Victoria Concert Hall. Since I had a museum post yesterday, I shall continue with museums :-)

They ACM is having a Japanese Mask Exhibition, called: "Hidden Faces : The Art of Japanese Mask". The exhibit will close tomorrow!! Got to make a quick trip down again.



ACM's collections are centres around the Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia and China collections. Pop by for a visit if you are around. Got a friend who works there, so giving her a free advert here :-)

Here's a tip, if you want to go in Free, visit on Friday nites, 7-9 PM! (They said discounted on their website, but in actually fact ...... fill in your own blanks, I did not say it here ok? haha )

Visit the ACM website at: www.acm.org.sg