Elephant Museum

National Museum of Indonesia

National Museum of Indonesia which also well-known as elephant museum. Elephant museum is called due to the bronze elephant sculpture built in front of the museum grand entrance. The sculpture was a grant form King Chulalongkorn of Thailand who visited the museum in 1871.

The founder of the museum JCM Radermarcher - a Dutch intellectuals donated a building and his very own cultural items and books which were a great value to start off a museum and library to the society. As the collection grows, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles comes up with a new premises on Jalan Majapahit in 19th century. In 1862, The Dutch East Indie Government decided to build a new museum that will house, preserve and display many cultural objects and books to the community. The museum finally open in 1868. 

The museum has collection of 61, 600 prehistoric ans anthropological artifacts, and 5,00 archeological artifacts from all over Indonesia and Asia. The museum collections is among the richest, the most complete and the best of its kind in Indonesia and one of the finest in Southeast Asia.

Majapahit Piggy bank ------>

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Tips for National Museum of Indonesia

• Jalan Merdeka Barat No. 12, Gambir, Jakarta Pusat 10110, Indonesia.
• +62 21 3868172
• To visit National Museum of Indonesia you can ride either taxi or bus. If you choose to ride a bus, it’s recommended to ride Trans Jakarta Busway for your comfort. Busway with Blok M to Kota Tua route will pass through the Museum. You can get off at the National Monument (Monas) station. National Museum of Indonesia is located at the cross side of Monas bus stop.

National Museum of Singapore

Introduction

The National Museum was established since 1887 and known as the oldest museum in Singapore. Originally built by Colonel Sir Henry Edward McCallum as the former Raffles library and museum. In this museum has 10 National Treasures, Singapore History and Living Galleries that show the history and culture about the country. The museum is the one of a cultural and architectural landmarks in Singapore . For your information, all the events and festivals held in this museum for example the dynamic Night Festival, visually arresting art installations, amazing performances and film screenings.

Photography & Filming

The museum are allowed visitors to take a photo for private or non-commercial use. The utilization of a flash and tripod is prohibited. Video filming is only allowed with authorization from the National Museum of Singapore. A certain payments will be charged for bridal photography.

Bridal photography

Exhibitions

There are some current events that are ongoing now at the museum. 

‘More than a Garden’ : An exhibition to share the heritage value of the Singapore Botanic Gardens, nominated for UNESCO World Heritage status.

Beyond its lush greenery and resplendent orchids, the Singapore Botanic Gardens has a long history that reflects Singapore’s own journey of development. 

The People's Collection - A Special Exhibition

 A Special Exhibition is a collaboration between the National Museum of Singapore and MediaCorp Pte Ltd (Channel NewsAsia) following the telecast of the documentary series titled Treasure Hunt.

We: Defining Stories

We: Defining Stories presents a series of photo journalistic images of the iconic moments in Singapore’s post-war years from the 1950s till 2013.

All the exhibitions is free admission.

Gallery

A visitors can have an opportunity to visit many gallery rooms inside the National Museum Singapore such as Old Artifacts gallery that show us about family life of people in old Singapore like their wedding. Moreover, the gallery of Film and Wayang is played a Chinese film and what more interesting in this gallery is we can see the film in black and white. In Fashion gallery, we can see the different clothes of all ethnic group with variety textiles and fabrics. Besides that, in Food gallery show the history of local cuisine.

Old Artifacts Gallery

Film and Wayang Gallery

Fashion Gallery

Food Gallery

Facilities

In addition, there are various facilities provided such as retail, resource centre, food and beverage like fine dining restaurants and cozy cafe. Other facilities that are provide there such as parking lots, baby strollers and wheelchair for person disabilities.

1)      Retail shop 

Museum Label

Heritage Collection by Banyan Tree 

                               














2) Food and Beverage 

Chef Chan’s Restaurant

Flutes

Going to the Museum

We are available to use the varieties of public transport to access at the museum such as buses, MRT, taxi, motorcycle and car. There have limited parking facility is available at the National Museum. Other parking facilities are available at YMCA, Park Mall, Singapore Management University and Fort Canning Park.

Address

93 Stamford Road S(178897)

Contact number

(+65) 6332 3659 / (+65) 6332 5642

Opening Hours

Singapore History Gallery	10am to 6pm, Daily Last admission at 5.30pm
Singapore Living Galleries	10am to 8pm, Daily Free admission from 6pm to 8pm Last admission at 7.30pm

Admission

Admission to the Museum building is free.

Admission charges are applicable to the galleries and selected exhibitions and programmes.

The Singapore Living Galleries are free for all visitors from 6pm to 8pm daily.

Citizens & Permanent Residents Fee

Singapore History and Singapore Living Galleries, Goh Seng Choo Gallery and Stamford Gallery

Free

Foreign Visitors Fee

Adults	$10.00
Students (with valid student pass)	S$5.00
Family package (For group admission of 3 adults + 2 kids)	S$30.00

Fee includes admission to the Singapore History Gallery, Singapore Living Galleries, Goh Seng Choo Gallery and the Stamford Gallery.

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