Expat Living City Guide – June 2018

#3 ArtScience Museum
Featuring 21 galleries, this iconic,
lotus-inspired building is a leading
venue for major international
touring exhibitions, hosting exhibits
showcasing everything from Annie
Leibovitz photography to Japanese
technology; at the time of this guide’s
publication, an exhibition of the
incredible “Strandbeests” or wind-
powered machines of Dutch sculptor
Theo Jansen was set to open. The
museum sits in front of The Shoppes
at Marina Bay Sands, near the Double
Helix Bridge. marinabaysands. com/
artsciencemuseum

#4 Peranakan Museum
Peranakans are part Chinese, part
Malay, and part descendants of the
original non-Malay inhabitants of
Singapore. The Peranakan Museum,
located around the corner from the
National Museum, consists of 10
permanent galleries, each of which
explores various aspects of Peranakan
life including the elaborate 12-day
Peranakan wedding, the role of nyonyas
(Peranakan women) and traditional
foods. peranakanmuseum.sg

#5 National Museum of Singapore

Currently the country’s largest museum, the National Museum

of Singapore is housed in a stunning 120-year-old neoclassical

building on Stamford Road near Fort Canning Park. The

museum features a 2,800-square-metre Singapore History

Gallery and four creative “living” galleries, which explore local

culture, film, food and fashion. nationalmuseum.sg

#6 Singapore Art Museum (SAM)

Far from playing second fiddle to the National Gallery since the

latter’s opening in 2015, SAM – Singapore’s first art museum,

which opened in 1996 in a former mission school – is about

to receive a $90 million facelift. When it’s finished in 2021,

guests will be able to enjoy large-scale installations in a bigger

space. The adjoining SAM at 8Q will remain open during the

renovations. nhb.gov.sg/sam

Further out

Opened in April 2015 at

the National University of

Singapore in the island’s

west, Lee Kong Chian

Natural History Museum

is the country’s only museum dedicated to showcasing

Southeast Asian biodiversity. There’s an extensive variety

of plants and animals in 16 different thematic zones – and

kids won’t want to miss the museum’s three dinosaurs,

Prince, Apollonia and Twinky. lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg

National Gallery

Singapore

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