The front block of the museum building dates back to 1887. It features an elegant neo-Palladian design, a European style of architecture characterised by a highly symmetrical façade and the use of pediments above windows.
Complimentary Toast Set | 10am – 5pm [FULLY REDEEMED]
Christmas Giveaway! Stand a chance to walk away with Ya Kun Kaya Toast vouchers when you visit us on 21 Dec.
All you have to do is spot some artefacts and get a stamp from our staff stationed at the artefact areas to redeem $10 worth of Ya Kun Kaya Toast vouchers.
* Visitors will receive $10 Ya Kun Kaya Toast vouchers upon completion of the activities. Visitors may visit any participating Ya Kun Kaya Toast Singapore store to redeem the toast set before the voucher expire. While stocks last.
Christmas Carolling 2.30pm | Rotunda, Level 1 3pm | Entrance of Singapore History Gallery, Level 1 3.30pm | The Platform, Level 2 Free Admission
Bring your family and friends and enjoy popular Christmas tunes by carollers from The Crescendos, a group of youths who aspire to bring good choral music from diverse genres and cultures to people of all ages. Be sure to catch them at one of the venues and witness this age-old tradition of spreading joy and the Christmas spirit through song.
A Lighter Side of History: A Flavourful Christmas 10.30am – 11.30am | Seminar Room, Level 2 | $5 per participant | Age 13 and above Join us for a delightful session with Ida Cecil, who will share her Eurasian family traditions, personal stories of how their Christmas celebrations have changed over the years, and delectable Eurasian dishes that her family prepares and feasts on during this festive period. Don’t miss this opportunity to hear about Ida’s family recipes for curry debal, fruit cake and sugee cake, which she has remembered by heart. Limited spaces available. $5 per pax, includes a presentation, printed copies of three Eurasian family recipes and light festive refreshments. Visit https://flavourfulchristmas.peatix.com/ to register.
Speaker’s Biography Ida is a passionate baker who learnt her culinary skills from her mother and grandmother. She enjoys hosting themed parties and is an avid baker and cake decorator. In 2015, Ida was the first prize winner at the Simply Her Magazine Birthday Baking Challenge held at the Suntec Convention Hall. Her forte is Eurasian cuisine, with some adaptation of Western, Italian, Malay and Indian dishes.
Visit our permanent galleries with your little ones and play spot-the-artefact! Our colourful Early Learning Resources introduce pre-schoolers to our artefacts according to the themes of Numbers, Colours, and ABCs. Available at $8 per set from the Museum Label shop. For more children's activity booklets, click here.
Join us for a series of the Picturing The Pandemic programmes, in complementary to your visit around the exhibition.
Join us for a series of Home, Truly programmes to relieve nostalgic moments and experiences in Singapore’s past and present that express our identity and collective memory as a people.
Made possible by people from all walks of life in Singapore, this exhibition tells the story of how people are coming together to respond and live through this local and global crisis, through photographs, short film and donated artefacts on view.
The National Museum of Singapore presents Home, Truly: Growing Up With Singapore, 1950s to the Present in collaboration with The Straits Times, as part of the newspaper’s 175th anniversary.
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