Singapore Art Museum

Walking down the road pass the entrance to Bras Basah MRT is the Singapore Arts Museum (SAM). Covered in clean white slates of paint with a brick red roof and an iconic bluish green dome, these 2 storey building houses many artistic paintings, sculptures and other art pieces from influential artist that helped shape our culture and heritage in Singapore and South East Asia. The entire museum covers a pretty large area judging by the fact that its prime land.

Love the contrast of the plain walls with the dome shaped opening for windows and doors as well as the tarnished metal gates and the beautiful metal lanterns hanging on the ceiling along the inner court walkway. The greyish wooden door panels that leads to the different exhibition areas, almost every scrap of details contains some historical value.

We visited the rest room which kinda looked a little eerie especially in the evening as it’s down the hallway with sensor fitted lightings that only lights up as you enter. It is clean and dry and fitted with regular fittings which are a sore thumb by my standards as compared to the entire historical image of the museum.

We then visited the information centre which is a nice and cool location with friendly staff that provides timely information. We bought the 3 days all museum entry tickets at $20 and the friendly staff provided us with a informative floor plan indicating the areas we are able to take pictures and the criteria involved. The standard etiquette is to keep as quiet as possible, take picture in non-restricted areas with no flash and put your mobile phones in silent mode.

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