National Gallery Singapore
The former Supreme Court and the former City Hall — one a court, the other a civic administrative building — converted into Singapore's largest museum, holding 9,000 works of Southeast Asian art across 64,000 square metres.
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The preeminent art museum in Singapore, it holds the country's deepest collection of Singaporean and Southeast Asian art, all inside a pair of national monument buildings that cost S$532 million to transform. Nearly two million people visit each year, which tells you something about its pull.
What to look for
- The physical fabric of the former Supreme Court and City Hall buildings, both gazetted national monuments
- The Southeast Asian art collection — over 9,000 items focused on the region and Singapore's relationship with broader Asian cultures
- Odette on the premises, a three-Michelin-star restaurant, if you want to extend the visit into a meal
Admission is free for Singapore citizens and permanent residents; arrive early on weekends as annual footfall approaches two million.
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More to see in Singapore
- Singapore Botanic GardensThe world's only tropical UNESCO garden — where 1920s rubber supplied half the planet's latex and orchids now carry diplomats' names.
- 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.