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Singapore City Gallery, Singapore

3-storey visitor gallery with large scaled models of the entire country (ground floor) as well as the city centre (incredibly life-like), which provide good orientation of the country for first-timers.

3-storey visitor gallery with large scaled models of the entire country (ground floor) as well as the city centre (incredibly life-like), which provide good orientation of the country for first-timers. The gallery tells the history of Singapore's urban planning, various planning, design, and conservation strategies adopted to create a good living environment, sustainable development, and many others. Learn the story of Singapore's transformation from 3rd to 1st world, play games on land planning, and the expanse of land reclamation done on the island country. There are also wonderful images of old-new Singapore to browse, free walking maps to unique districts like Joo Chiat to pick up. It is situated within an office building. Just walk in and take the escalator up to 2nd floor for permanent exhibits.


Hours

Sun

Closed

Mon

9:00

17:00

Tue

9:00

17:00

Wed

9:00

17:00

Thu

9:00

17:00

Fri

9:00

17:00

Sat

9:00

17:00

About Singapore City Gallery

 45 Maxwell Road, URA Centre, levels 1-3, Singapore

 +65 6321 8321

 www.singaporecitygallery.sg

Singapore City Gallery and Nearby Sights on Map

Red Dot Design Museum

Formerly the traffic police HQ, now a design center painted firehouse red with a museum devoted to contemporary design

Buddha Tooth Relic Temple

Towering above southern Chinatown, this four-story temple was completed only in 2007

Sri Mariamman Temple

Singapore's oldest and most important Hindu temple and worth a visit for the intricately carved gopuram (statuary above the entrance), which gave adjacent 'Pagoda Street' its name

Thian Hock Keng Temple

The oldest Hokkien temple in Singapore, dating back to 1821, although the structure was thoroughly refurbished in 2000

Jamae Mosque

One of Singapore's oldest mosques, built in the 1830s by Tamil Muslims in an Indian style

Singapore Coin and Notes Museum

Tiny little museum tucked away across the Chinatown Heritage Centre; the entrance is well-hidden, but generally marked out by nondescript display cases

Chinatown Heritage Centre

An excellent museum chronicling how Chinatown came to be and the privation suffered by early migrants

Pinnacle@Duxton Skybridge

Singapore's tallest public housing project has a 50th story viewing deck that offers some of the best city views around at a fraction of the cost of the Singapore Flyer

Telok Ayer Market

Baba House

Located at the fringes of Chinatown among a row of shophouses, the Baba House is a showcase of Peranakan culture in Singapore and features traditional furnishings typical of Straits Chinese households