GCI Places

Singapore

Bras Basah

Bras Basah is a statutory subzone of Singapore, defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority in the Master Plan. Places are assigned to it by point-in-polygon against the published boundary, so the assignment is reproducible rather than editorial.

Type
subzone
Status
An official administrative unit with a defined boundary.
Within
Museum

Assigned by point-in-polygon against the Urban Redevelopment Authority's published Master Plan boundary.

What is recorded here

Counts describe this corpus, not the area as a whole.

  • Museums & galleries3
  • Religious sites2
  • Transport gateways1

Places in Bras Basah

Museums & galleries

National Museum of Singapore

Bras Basah

The National Museum of Singapore on Stamford Road is the country's oldest museum, occupying a neo-Palladian building of 1887 with a glazed rotunda and a 2006 rear extension.

Visit info checked Sept 2026

Museums & galleries

Peranakan Museum

Bras Basah

The Peranakan Museum on Armenian Street in Singapore holds collections of Peranakan material culture in the former Tao Nan School building of 1912, reopening in 2023 after refurbishment.

Museums & galleries

Singapore Art Museum

Bras Basah

The Singapore Art Museum focuses on contemporary art from Southeast Asia. Its Bras Basah Road building is the former St Joseph's Institution, a mid-nineteenth-century Catholic school and a National Monument.

Religious sites

Cathedral of the Good Shepherd

Bras Basah

Cathedral of the Good Shepherd is a gazetted national monument of Singapore in Museum, Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.

Religious sites

Armenian Church of St Gregory the Illuminator

Bras Basah

Armenian Church of St Gregory the Illuminator is a gazetted national monument of Singapore in Museum, Singapore, the highest level of built-heritage protection the state confers.

Transport gateways

Bras Basah

Bras Basah

Bras Basah is an MRT station in Museum, Singapore, recorded in the Urban Redevelopment Authority's Master Plan rail layer.

6 of 6 places shown on the map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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