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Asian Civilisations Museum

The Asian Civilisations Museum stands at Empress Place on the north bank of the Singapore River, in a government building of 1867, and holds collections tracing the trade and material links between Asian cultures.

Photograph of Asian Civilisations Museum in Singapore
Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place. Terence Ong · CC-BY-2.5

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The collection is organised around trade routes rather than nations, which suits a museum standing at the river mouth that made the port.

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