Asian Civilizations Museum
The Asian Civilizations Museum (ACM) is an institution that is part of the network of four museums in Singapore . The other three are the Peranakan Museum , the National Museum of Singapore, and the Singapore Art Museum . In 2018 the museum was visited by 524,700 people. Admission is free for local residents and residents.
It is one of the most important museums in the region, specializing in Asian cultures and civilizations. The museum specializes in the history and cultures of China , Southeast Asia , South Asia, and West Asia , from which the various ethnic groups of Singapore descended. The facility also highlights the long history of trade and cultural exchanges between the various peoples of Asia.
The museum first opened on April 22, 1997 in the Old Tao Nan School building on Armenian Street . Most of the exhibits focused on Chinese civilization. With the restoration of the Empress Place Building on March 2, 2003, the museum established its location there and expanded the collection to other areas of Asia. The Armenian Street branch was closed for renovations on January 1, 2006 and reopened on April 25, 2008 as the Peranakan Museum focusing on the Peranakan culture .
A highlight of the exhibition is the cargo from a sunken Chinese merchant ship from the 9th century . The ship was in the direction of what is now Iran and Iraq and was discovered in 1998 off Belitung Island in the Java Sea . The salvaged cargo includes more than 60,000 ceramic parts made in China during the Tang Dynasty (618–907), well-preserved coins and objects made of gold and silver.
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- ↑ Singapore: visitor numbers to Asian Civilizations Museum 2018. Retrieved on October 9, 2019 .
Coordinates: 1 ° 17 '14.8 " N , 103 ° 51' 5.4" E