Singapore Art Museum
The first museum in Singapore built entirely around contemporary art, with a public collection that puts Southeast Asian artists at the center rather than the margin.
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SAM holds Singapore's primary public collection of local and Southeast Asian contemporary art, co-curated with international partners. It has organized the Singapore Biennale since 2011 and took on the Singapore Pavilion at the Venice Biennale from 2024 — both markers of serious curatorial reach beyond the city.
What to look for
- Works from the public collection by local Singaporean and Southeast Asian contemporary artists
- Singapore Biennale exhibitions, which SAM has organized since 2011
- The five gallery spaces at Tanjong Pagar Distripark, the museum's current home
All five galleries are at Tanjong Pagar Distripark; SAM also programs partner venues across the city, so check their site to confirm which spaces are active before visiting.
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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.