Asian Civilisations Museum
One building on the Singapore River where Chinese porcelain, Chola bronzes, and West Asian art are gathered under one roof in the Empress Place Building.
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Housed in the Empress Place Building since 2003, ACM was among the first museums in the region to cover pan-Asian civilisations under one roof — China, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and West Asia, representing the ancestral origins of Singapore's communities. TripAdvisor ranked it the top museum in Singapore and ninth in Asia in 2014.
What to look for
- Dehua porcelain figures in the Chinese galleries — fine Dehua porcelain figures alongside export porcelain and Taoist statuary
- The Chola bronze of Uma, consort of Shiva, in the South Asian Galleries
- The Somaskanda sculpture, a second Chola bronze in the South Asian Galleries
The museum occupies the Empress Place Building directly on the Singapore River — easy to combine with a riverside walk.
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More to see in Singapore
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- Marina Bay SandsA 150-metre infinity pool balanced on the world's largest public cantilevered platform, jutting 66.5 metres past the edge of its own tower.
- Marina Bay Street CircuitLewis Hamilton said this 4.927 km loop was twice as physically punishing as Monaco — and you can walk every metre of it.
- Marina BayThe entire bay you're standing beside was open sea until 1992 — 38 years of reclamation drained the anchorage and pushed the Singapore River's mouth inland.
- Gardens by the BayThe world's largest glass greenhouse anchors a 105-hectare park on Singapore's Marina Reservoir.
- Singapore FlyerFor six years this was the tallest Ferris wheel on earth — Las Vegas finally beat it in 2014, by just 2.6 metres.