Singapore Art Museum

A bronze statue of two schoolboys with 17th century saint John Baptiste de la Salle stands above the porch of the Singapore Art Museum, a reminder that until 1987 this was St. Joseph’s Institution, a Catholic boys school.               Today, the building is a...

National Museum of Singapore

Housed in a Neo-Palladian structure and crowned with a stunning stained-glass dome, the island’s oldest museum opened in 1887. Known as the Raffles Museum and Library, it was famed for its remarkable collections of natural history, ethnology, and archaeology....

Changi Museum Singapore

Changi Prison, which once served as a World War II prisoner-of-war camp for Allied troops, is still in use. Changi Museum is located just up the road from the prison, at the site of the Old Changi Prison Chapel. The museum is dedicated to all those who lived and died...

Asian Civilizations Museum II Singapore

Home to over 1600 artifacts that trace the history of the varied cultures and civilizations of Asia, the second wing of the Asian Civilizations Museum is housed in the Empress Place Building. Named in honor of Queen Victoria and completed in 1867, the Palladian...