Museums & galleries · Bras Basah

Singapore Art Museum

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.

Also known as SAM.

Photograph of Singapore Art Museum in Singapore — The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) at 71 Bras Basah Road , Singapore. The building was formerly occupied by St. Joseph's Institution . ProjectManhattan. · CC-BY-SA-3.0

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National Museum of Singapore

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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

Transport gateways

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

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