National Museum of Singapore located at 93 Stamford Road. Originally built as the former Raffles library and museum in 1887, the neo-classical National Museum building is seamlessly joined by a new modernist extension of glass and metal, making it the biggest museum in Singapore at 18,400 square metres.
The Rotunda Dome structure of the Museum.
Children play area in the Musuem, in front of the Museum gift shop.
Black pigmented concrete wall and the modernist extension of glass and metal circular building which houses the Singapore History Gallery.
The Birth of Ericthonius.
Athena, called "Athena Cherchel-Ostia"
Athena Parthenos, also known as "Minerva with Necklace".
Athena Parthenos
Seated woman known as "Barberini Suppliant".
Funerary Lion
Head of a veiled woman known as "Aphrodite Sosandra" or "Aspasia"
Living in Ancient Greece.
Funerary stele with woman, servant-girl and infant.
Nike - a bronze statuette recently acquired by the Louvre.
Athlete holding a discus known as the "Discophoros".
Apollo Sauroctonos (the lizard-slayer)
Area known as the "Borghese Ares"
Aphrodite known as "Venus of Arles".
Eros with a bow.
Aphrodite known as "Venus Genitrix".
Explanation on the types of Greek costumes.
These diagrams show how to wear a Greek costume. In this corner of the exhibition hall, visitors get a chance to try on these costums.
The glass passage of the Museum with red chandeliers that swing from left to right.
Some of the exhibits in Singapore History Gallery. Above - The Temasek Stone in Singapore History Museum.
Utensils of the old days - Kerosene stove, rice bucket etc.
Public water tap and water bucket.
Television set.
Women Fashion in the Fashion Gallery.
A very old manual sewing machine. I remember seeing my God grandma using this type of sewing machine when I was a little girl.
A 35mm projector seen in the Film and Wayang Gallery.
A Gramaphone.
A camera!
Stage for Chinese Puppet shows in the old days. Not sure if such puppet shows are still available today?
Various characters used in the Chinese Puppet shows.
Chinese Opera costumes.
The following exhibits in the Singapore Food Gallery show the food culture of Singapore. Seen here is an old-day trolley cart selling Kueh Tutu.
Char Kway Teow or fried Kway Teow (a kind of flat white rice noodles) is a must to try for visitors to Singapore!
Nasi Lemak - rice cooked with coconut milk. Traditionally, it is served with cucumber slices, small dried anchovies (ikan billis), roasted peanuts, egg and sambal chilli.
Satay - grilled or barbequed meat on bamboo skewers and Ketupat (rice dumpling).
Equiment for making Ice kacang, a desert made of shaved ice, sweet flavoured syrup, jelly and red beans. It is popularly known as Air Batu Campur in Malay or ABC for short.
Various utensils used in making kueh-kueh.
Pestle and mortar which is no longer common these days.
Sequined costumes of Cantonese Opera.
