Asian Civilisations Museum

The Asian Civilisations Museum is an institution which forms a part of the four museums in Singapore, the other three being the , the and the Singapore Art Museum.
acm.org.sg
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  • Opening hours:
    10:00 AM—7:00 PM
    Friday: 10:00 AM—9:00 PM
  • Email: nhb_acm_vs@nhb.gov.sg
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: One of the national museums of Singapore
  • Also known as: “ACM” and “Old Government Offices”
  • Address: 1 Empress Place, Singapore, 179555

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Marina Bay and Merlion Park.

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is 's newest district, created on reclaimed land just east of . It includes the areas east of Shenton Way and Esplanade Dr.

Park
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is a famous Singapore landmark and a major tourist attraction, located at , , near the Central Business District. The Merlion is a mythical creature with a lion's head and a fish's tail that is widely used as a mascot and national personification of Singapore. is situated 350 metres southeast of Asian Civilisations Museum.

Museum
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The is a public art museum and national museum located in the of . It houses a collection of Singaporean and Southeast Asian art spanning the 19th century to the present, with more than 9,000 artworks. is situated 310 metres north of Asian Civilisations Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boat Quay and Clifford Pier.

Neighborhood
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is a historical quay in Singapore which is situated upstream from the mouth of the on its southern bank. It spans from the shophouses near , stretching along one bank of the Singapore River, up until .

Neighborhood
was a former located beside Collyer Quay at within the of the Central Area, Singapore. The pier, which opened in 1933, ceased operations in 2006.

Neighborhood
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is the centre of the Financial District of and is located south of the mouth of the . It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan.

Asian Civilisations Museum

Latitude
1.28745° or 1° 17′ 15″ north
Longitude
103.85142° or 103° 51′ 5″ east
Inception
1997 and 2003
Levels
3
Height
15 metres (49 feet)
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
6PH57VP2+XH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 46595390
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q633033
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Asian Civilisations Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف الحضارات الآسيوية”
  • Armenian: “Ասիայի քաղաքակրթությունների թանգարան”
  • Bengali: “এশীয় সভ্যতা জাদুঘর”
  • Bulgarian: “Музей на азиатските цивилизации”
  • Chinese: “亚洲文明博物馆”
  • Chinese: “亞洲文明博物館”
  • Chinese: “艺术科学博物馆”
  • Chinese: “藝術科學博物館”
  • French: “musée des civilisations asiatiques”
  • French: “Musée des civilisations asiatiques”
  • Georgian: “აზიური ცივილიზაციების მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Asian Civilisations Museum”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Peradaban Asia”
  • Italian: “ACM”
  • Italian: “Asian Civilisations Museum”
  • Italian: “Museo delle civiltà asiatiche”
  • Japanese: “アジア文明博物館”
  • Korean: “아시아 문명 박물관”
  • Malay: “Muzium Tamadun Asia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Asian Civilisations Museum”
  • Norwegian: “Asian Civilisations Museum”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Cywilizacji Azjatyckich”
  • Russian: “Музей цивилизаций Азии”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей азійських цивілізацій”
  • “Asian Civilisations Museum”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Raffles’s Landing Site and Empress Lawn.

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