Enter a world of surprise on the National Heritage Board’s new Children’s Museum Singapore (CMSG), the primary museum in Singapore devoted to kids who’re 12 years previous and beneath.
From 10 December, kids can take a voyage again in time to olden day Singapore, uncover the wonders of nature, discover how our native communities have fun birthdays and extra, when the museum opens its doorways.
Guided by its tagline “Start with Wonder”, CMSG will operate as a ‘starter museum’ to introduce younger guests and their households to the museum-going expertise, maintain and nurture a way of curiosity to discover, experiment, and facilitate a conducive surroundings for studying via play.
Its curatorial method is supported by educators and trade professionals, who gave inputs on the museum’s pedagogical methods for the event of life abilities. CMSG will even work with researchers on the worth of play for youngsters, and can organise academic programmes in collaboration with educators all year long to cater to kids of various age teams and skills.
By inviting kids to get hands-on with interactives, tales and on a regular basis objects, the museum is stuffed with enriching alternatives to study Singapore’s heritage and tradition, and spark discovery about themselves and the world round them. It encompasses a everlasting exhibition that spans 4 galleries on the bottom flooring and three particular galleries on the second degree that shall be refreshed recurrently. Each gallery is designed to stimulate the senses, evoke curiosity and encourage studying.
Permanent Galleries
The journey unfolds with the introduction of WonderBot, CMSG’s mascot from the longer term who helps to ‘teleport’ you thru completely different time durations in Singapore, and the adventurous sea-faring Captain, a digital companion who will assign duties for guests via this experiential voyage via time.
As you make your approach via the 4 galleries – Hidden Chamber, Ahoy Singapore!, The Marketplace and My Neighbourhood – you can be met with multimedia interactives, artefacts from the National Collection, and extra to deepen your perception into Singapore’s early historical past as a port metropolis, to change into a modern-day metropolis.
CMSG invitations kids to get hands-on with the displays, as they got down to full the Captain’s duties reminiscent of tying a reef knot, or activating a water pump. Designed to evoke the senses, kids will even catch a whiff of fragrant spices on board the Captain’s ship, or determine what’s inflicting the musty scent within the ship’s cargo maintain. Woven into the displays are additionally the tales of Singapore’s early migrants and settlers who persevered via difficulties and overcame hardships to construct Singapore, imparting to kids the worth of resilience and unity to forge a brand new nation.
The remaining gallery, which catapults you right into a present-day setting, pays tribute to the Singapore Philatelic Museum with a recreation of a publish workplace. Here, kids are launched to a contemporary neighbourhood with the publish workplace taking centre stage. They can take pleasure in shows of stamps, and even design their very own and watch it come “alive” in a stamp parade!
Special Galleries
As guests make their option to the second degree, they’ll proceed their journey into three particular galleries:
Imagine a Garden
Featuring life-like paper sculptures of birds and flowers by Colombian artist Diana Beltrán Herrera.
Happy Birthday!
Explores varied cultural birthday practices in Singapore and values related to familial love and gift-giving.
Play Pod
A protected area for toddlers ages two to 4 to be taught extra about fruit and veggies via energetic play.
Opening Weekend Birthday Bash
CMSG’s grand opening will kick off to the general public with an Opening Weekend Birthday Bash. Families can stay up for being among the many first to expertise CMSG’s galleries, in addition to an thrilling line-up of dance, music and theatre performances all through the day on the outside stage.
You even have an opportunity to win engaging prizes via carnival actions and sport cubicles. The full listing of programmes for CMSG’s Birthday Bash might be discovered on CMSG’s web site.
With its deal with interactivity and hands-on experiences, museum-goers are required to pre-book tickets right here with a view to safe basic admission slots and carnival tickets for the Opening Weekend Birthday Bash.
- Opening Weekend Birthday Bash (10 & 11 December 2022): Entry is free for youngsters aged 12 years and beneath, whereas accompanying adults should buy a ticket at $10 per grownup.
- General admission: Free entry for all from 13 December 2022 onwards till 31 March 2023.
As a part of the opening particular, CMSG will even be presenting workshops on 17 and 18 December 2022 with a few of its companions. These embrace specifically curated craft periods and actions that invite parent-child bonding. Registration will open from 9 December 2022.