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Highlights Night Festival at NHB Museums

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Highlights Programmes at NHB Museums

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Highlights Programmes at NHB Museums

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Highlights The Kangxi Emperor: Treasures from the Forbidden City
Treasures from the Forbidden City
Till 14 Jun 2009

This exhibition showcases treasures from The Palace Museum, Beijing and offers visitors a rare glimpse into the Forbidden City - right here in Singapore.

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Highlights BCA Gallery
BCA Gallery
Find out what goes on behind the scenes from the drawing board to the construction of a building. Build your future in our vision of having the best built environment for Singapore. A safe, high quality, sustainable and friendly living sanctuary that you are proud to call home.

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The Gallery is sub-divided into three zones according to three distinct themes:

  • Zone 1 - Dimensions of Growth
  • Zone 2 - Building for Safety and Excellence
  • Zone 3 - Towards Our Vision
Address: BCA Academy of the Built Environment
200 Braddell Road
Singapore 579700
Tel: (65) 6325 7720
Opening hours: For enquiries on guided group tours, please call 6325 7720 or email BCA_Gallery@bca.gov.sg.
How to get there: By MRT: Nearest MRT Station is Hougang
By bus: SBS 88, 101, 156, 159, 161, 325.

From Bus Services
Bishan MRT Station 13
Toa Payoh MRT Station 28, 73, 155 and 159
Toa Payoh Intechange 105 and 153
Braddell Road 93
Website: www.bca.gov.sg/BCAGallery/bca_gallery.html

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Highlights IRAS Gallery
IRAS Gallery
The gallery explores tax in Singapore in the past, the present and the future through a highly interactive experience that allows visitors to discover much of this story for themselves. They can follow the trail to find the answers to the questions such as ‘Just what is tax, really?’ and ‘What kinds of tax do you pay?’.

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Interactive display panels to literally open filing cabinets, flip over flip-cards and pull out files from shelves as delving deeper into the Singapore tax story.

View artefacts from the tax department in the past – the tax officer’s must-have kit, old embossing machine, stamps and original copies of the Tax Ordinances.
Address: 1st Storey, Revenue House,
55 Newton Road Singapore 307987
Tel: (65) 6351 2076
Opening hours: Mon to Fri: 8.00am – 5.00pm
Sat: 8.00am – 1.00pm
Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays
Admission: Free
Guided Tours: Email iras@iras.gov.sg (max 30pax) to book the
tour one week in advance.
How to get there: By MRT: Alight at Novena MRT (NS20)
along the North-South line.
Follow the signs through
Novena Square and to the
underpass leading to Revenue
House.

By Bus: 5, 21, 54, 56, 86, 131, 143, 162,

Website: www.iras.gov.sg

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Highlights Kong Hiap Memorial Museum
Kong Hiap Memorial Museum
This museum showcases the prized collection of the late Venerable Kong Hiap, a respected senior monk in Southeast Asia and former president of the Singapore Buddhist Federation. Items include rare works by internationally accomplished arts and literary figures of his generation.

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Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, a painting by renowned Chinese master painter Xu Beihong
Buddha’s Five Sutras, a calligraphy work
Chinese paintings and calligraphy works presented by Feng Zikai, Qi Baishi, Ma Yifo, Ye Shengtao, Yu Dafu and many others
Address: 8 Geylang East Avenue 1, Singapore 389780
Tel: (65) 6846 7491
Opening hours: Saturday, Sunday and every 1st and 8th of the Lunar Month, 10am – 5pm
Admission: Free
Guided Tours: By appointment only
How to get there: By MRT: Nearest MRT Station is Aljunied

By bus:
SBS - 2, 13, 21, 26, 40, 51
SMRT - 67, 853C

Website: N.A.

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Highlights Baba House
Marina Barrage
The Baba House plays an important role in conserving our distinctive Peranakan heritage in one of the last surviving Peranakan-style houses in its original state in Singapore.

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Eclectic mix of antiques, decorative ornaments, Peranakan cuisine, social customs and lifestyle.

Peranakan bridal chamber revealing the important traditional customs, preparations for and rites of a Peranakan wedding.
Address: 157 Neil Road Singapore 088883
Tel: (65) 6227 5731
(65) 6227 8743
email: babahouse@nus.edu.sg
Opening hours: Guided tours by appointment only
Admission: NUS Students - $3.00
Student under 18 years - $5.00
Adults - $10.00

Book at babahouse@nus.edu.sg

Guided Tours: By appointment
How to get there: Baba House is situated just on the outskirts of Chinatown and opposite Singapore general Hospital.

MRT: Outram

Buses:
61, 143, 147, 166, 167, 196, 197, 199 & 961
(SGH Depot) 2, 12, 54, 62, 81, 174 & 19096
(from Clementi MRT Station)

Website: www.nus.edu.sg/museum/baba

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Highlights 8Q SAM
8Q SAM
8Q sam is a contemporary art space with fresh, multi-disciplinary, interactive and community oriented programming; a place where the public can directly experience the work and ideas of living artists, and in relation to its aesthetic and social context. 8Q sam will support experimental art forms and is envisioned to become a crossroad of new ideas and expressions.

8Q sam aspires to engage a broad and diverse audience, create a sense of community and be a place for contemplation, stimulation, and discussion about contemporary art and culture, and serves as a forum especially for the students. Visitors will have the opportunity to experience the diversity of contemporary art practices ranging from painting and sculpture, to installation, film & video, photography, new media, performance art and sound art.

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8Q sam takes on a contemporary outlook that is differentiated from the museum’s historical art programmes.

Showcases a diversity of contemporary art practices ranging from painting and sculpture, to installation, film & video, photography, new media, performance art and sound art.

Features a dedicated children’s space, Children’s Gallery, which presents artworks dedicated to children’s learning and education.
Address: No. 8 Queen Street Singapore 188535
Tel: (65) 6332 3200
Opening hours: Monday to Sunday: 10am to 7pm (extended hours on Friday, till 9pm)
Admission:
8Q sam 8Q sam & SAM
(joint ticket)
Adult: $ 3.00 $ 10.00
Student (with valid student card): $ 1.50 $ 5.00
Senior Citizen (above 60 years): $ 1.50 $ 5.00
Guided Tours: Tuesdays: 3.15pm (English)
Thursdays: 12.15pm (English)
How to get there: By Bus
SBS:7,14,16,36,97,124,131,162,174
SMRT Tibs: 77,167,171,190,700,700A,857
By MRT
8Q sam is a 10-minute walk from City Hall MRT station
Website: http://www.singart.com/8qsam

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Highlights At Home Abroad
At Home Abroad at 8Q SAM
Till 26 Jul 2009

This exhibition at 8Q SAM brings ‘home’ recent works by Singaporean artists whose art practices are largely or partially based abroad, and who have exhibited frequently at overseas platforms.

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