History Museums in Singapore

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Fittingly, the oldest museum in Singapore is dedicated to the Lion City's history. With an amazing array of cutting-edge galleries and exhibitions covering a wide spectrum of topics related to Singapore's rich heritage, the National Museum of Singapore is awash with cultural delights displayed in immaculate halls and elegant exhibition spaces that you can sink many hours of an afternoon into exploring.

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MINT Museum of Toys houses a world-class collection of vintage toys and collectable items, including vintage posters, confectionery tin boxes, advertising signs and more in an international, award-winning contemporary building on 26 Seah Street.

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Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall is a colonial villa-turned-museum in Singapore. It commemorates Sun Yat Sen, the founding father and first provisional president of the Republic of China, who visited Singapore nine times between 1900 and 1911 during the Chinese Revolution. The museum features regular exhibitions dedicated to the 1911 Revolution, and the sweeping societal changes in China and South-East Asia in the following decades.

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The Asian Civilisations Museum focuses on Singapore's ancestry and culture over the last 200 years. It is an institution forming one part of the four museums in Singapore. The other three are Peranakan Museum at Old Tao Nan School, the National Museum of Singapore, and the Singapore Art Museum.

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The Indian Heritage Centre is a museum and cultural centre in Singapore dedicated to the culture, heritage and history of Singaporeans of Indian descent, as well as the cross-pollinating cultural influences between South and South-East Asia.