Singapore museums

Tun Tan Cheng Lock Trust donates $1.4m to Peranakan Museum for curatorial role

Curator Naomi Wang has been appointed as the inaugural Tun Tan Cheng Lock Curator of Peranakan Art.

A decade of zoological discovery: Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum turns 10

The museum houses over a million zoological specimens and the skeleton of a sperm whale.

Revamped gallery showcases Singapore’s long maritime history though new interactive exhibits

ST20250317_202580400360/vcgallery17/Brian Teo/Vanessa Paige Chelvan/Visitors exploring the newly refreshed Singapore Maritime Gallery at Marina South Pier on March 17, 2025. This section is part of the new maritime heritage zone, ?Tides of Time,? which traces Singapore?s maritime history back to the 3rd century and examines the role of maritime trade in the nation's growth and development. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

Nafa acquires collection of Singapore’s only letterpress heritage studio to build print archive

The collection includes rare Chinese types, a newspaper mould and printing blocks of wedding invitations.

‘Art has given me longevity’: Lim Tze Peng ebullient about National Gallery solo show

shlim23/ST20241016_202464700415/Ng Sor Luan/103-year-old artist Lim Tze Peng at his house and studio ahead of a major survey at the National Gallery Singapore.

Arts Picks: ArtScience Museum’s AI fest, Wild Rice’s studio show Dive, Ang Ah Tee at Confluence

Singaporean artist Niceaunties has created her first real world work, an oversized inflatable of a garlic character, for the ArtScience Museum's In The Ether festival.

I want the National Museum to be the first pit stop for families: Museum director Chung May Khuen

National Museum of Singapore director Chung May Khuen in an interview with The Straits Times at the museum on July 22, 2034.

My Perfect Weekend with museum curator Patrick Flores

Dr Patrick Flores who is from Manila in the Philippines, has lived in Singapore for the past two years and resides around Haig Road.

A Cartoonist’s View: Lee Chee Chew, July 11, 2024

Art and architecture collide in The Private Museum’s survey of Richard Hassell’s tessellations

Picture taken on 29 May 2024 of Osborne House . In celebration of the museum's first anniversary at the Osborne House, The Private Museum puts on Strange Connections: Art and Architecture by Richard Hassell.

In May 2023, The Private Museum officially received the keys to the Osborne House, situated atop the hill at 11 Upper Wilkie Road. The century-old house has endured the passage of time, its walls echoing stories. From its colonial-era beginnings as a residence to hosting a myriad of occupants from different historical periods, and now a haven for the arts, the house is a vessel that encapsulates countless narratives.

Renowned as the founding director of WOHA Architects, Richard Hassell played a pivotal role in shaping the museum’s new chapter within the historic building. As part of research for the museum’s reimagining, Hassell discovered strange connections between the building's history and his own. The exhibition explores the intricate relationship between art and architecture, delving into the historical narratives of Osborne House dating back to the 1830s.

Hassell's explorations in art began in his childhood, with his practice now spanning drawing, painting, and sculpture. His passion for the scientific, philosophical, and cultural elements of patterns, systems, and networks manifests in both his architecture and art.

The showcase reflects his ongoing investigation into emergent phenomena through playful visual constructions, encouraging contemplation of the interplay between the physical and the abstract, and the historical and the contemporary.

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