National Museum of Singapore

1°17′48.2″N 103°50′55.1″E / 1.296722°N 103.848639°E / 1.296722; 103.848639DirectorChung May Khuen^[1]ArchitectHenry McCallum^[a]
J. F. McNair^[b]
W Architects and I.M. Pei^[c]Public transit access CC2  Bras Basah
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The National Museum of Singapore is a public museum dedicated to Singapore art, culture and history. Presently director of the National Museum of Singapore (NMS), Chung May Khuen began her career as an assistant curator at the Asian Civilisations Museum in 1997 before joining NMS as a curator in 2003. It is located within the country's Civic District at the Downtown Core area, it is the oldest museum in the country. It is one of the largest museums in Asia.^[2]

The National Museum of Singapore was designated as National monument of Singapore in 1992 by the National Heritage Board. The National Museum of Singapore exhibits sculptures, objets d'art, paintings, drawings, and archaeological finds. Admission to the National Museum of Singapore is complimentary for Singaporean citizens and permanent residents.^[3]

National Museum of Singapore
Architectural style(s)	Neo-Palladian, Renaissance
Governing body	National Heritage Board
National monument of Singapore
Designated	14 February 1992; 32 years ago (1992-02-14)
Reference no.	30

History

The museum was established in 1849 by the then Singapore Institution Committee, and is the oldest museum in Singapore, hence its 19th century exterior design. Upon establishment, it was known as the Raffles Library and Museum, starting out as a section of a library at the Singapore Institution^[d] before moving to 93 Stamford Road in 1887 after several relocations, where it is currently located.^[4]

Between 1993 and March 2006, it was known as the Singapore History Museum, before it subsequently returned to its present name that was first given in 1965 as the National Museum of Singapore.

Over the centuries, the National Museum of Singapore has expanded and undergone various expansions and renovations, with a three-and-a-half-year restoration that was completed on 2 December 2006, and was officially reopened on 7 December 2006 by President of Singapore S. R. Nathan and the Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts Lee Boon Yang.^[5]

The museum was designated a National Monument of Singapore on 14 February 1992 by the National Heritage Board.

Collection

In 2022, seats from Singapore Airlines’s first Airbus A380 were added to the museum's collection.^[6]

See also

• List of museums in Singapore
• Museum Planning Area
• National Treasures of Singapore

Notes

References

Works cited

• Lenzi, Iola (2004). Museums of Southeast Asia. Singapore: Archipelago Press. ISBN 981-4068-96-9.
• National Heritage Board, Archipelago Press, Singapore's 100 Historic Places (2002), ISBN 981-4068-23-3
• Norman Edwards and Peter Keys, Times Books International (1996), Singapore: A Guide to Buildings, Streets and Places, ISBN 981-204-781-6
• "National Museum of Singapore (Singapore Biennale) 2006". Singapore Biennale. Archived from the original on 25 July 2006. Retrieved 27 July 2006.

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