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Singapore
Telephone: (65) 6332-7798
Website: http://www.acm.org.sg/
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Oh i went to the ACM for the Kangxi exibition too. But i got to know about that exhibition because of my friends who went there to perform. They actually went there to perform chinese dance to the music composed and sung by Jay Chou QingHuaci. I was quite happy that i went with them as i got a chance to see all the artifacts and there was also a free icecream given to those that went. It was indeed a one good experience that one should not have missed. Knowing about our chinese history is how we can try to make ourselves constantly remember about our cultural roots.
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On Sunday, I visited the ACM with my wife to view the Kangxi Emperor special exhibition. We were there in the late afternoon. There was a fairly big crowd in the ACM. We joined a english-speaking guided tour. The museum offers both english and chinese speaking guides.
I was very impressed with the special exhibits of the Kangxi Emperor even though there were only about 20 odd artifacts. The variety of artifacts was however sufficient to have a glimpse of what could be in store in the National Palace museum in Beijing.
The exhibits on show serve to illustrate the life of the emperor. There were documents, scrolls, robes, armour, bow and arrows and several gifts from foreign emissaries. The items were displayed were pleasing and the explanations were adequate. My wife felt that there should be more chinese translations on all the exhibits.
The guide was knowledgeable and friendly. As the museum was crowded, she had to speak very loudly. It would help for the guides to be equipped with the portable speakers.
We went through the exhibits twice in order to understand them. It is very rare for such priceless treasures to be brought so close to us. I would encourage you to visit the ACM and with your children as well. And join the guided tour. The price for adults is only S$8 and S$5 for children.
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Its the holidays and moi friends and I visited couple of new places and ACM is one of them! I think I should consider applying for the museum card! But than again, maybe not. When school starts, I wouldn't be able to spend much time touring around Singapore already. Anyway, back to the museum visit...
ACM is a very oriental and mysterious place for me. The artifacts on display have very strong asia flavor and I'm very fascinated by the entire museum. Every corner I go to seem to have something that attracted my attention.
My favorite sections around the museum are the children discovery corners that can be found in the various main exhibition halls. There are interactive activities that everyone can try. But sadly, when I was there, some of them were not set-up properly or has missing pieces.
The Neither East nor West exhibition was very interesting too. I learned about the different types of hats worn in the olden days from different part of the world. And the collection of people photos shows me a lot about how people from different places plan and dress themselves just for a portrait. There is a photo corner where you can try on hats and take photos too. My friends and I had lots of fun trying them on and taking funny shots of ourselves.
Overall ACM is a nice family go to place for discovering of the history and culture from Asia.
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Went for an event at ACM recently. Took the chance to tour the museum too.
The museum is packed with lots of artifacts~ It is broken into exhibits according to the different regions in Asia. For instance, Southeast Asia, West Asia, etc.
The first feeling I have is that of being overwhelmed by artifacts. There were tons of artifacts present. Due to time constraint, I only visited a few exhibition areas.
The exhibits on China was particularly interesting. Learnt quite a fair bit on religions and stuff. Reasons for things which I had practised all along as taught by my parents.
As a whole, I will say that this is the right place to go if you want to learn about the history of Asia. The s include the free pamphlet at the start of each exhibits to aid in understanding the exhibitions and the "computer stations" or more like video stations around which relate to you the exhibits (helpful for ppl like me who are lazy to read.. ahaah). There are also some interactive stations, eg. you can put on chinese opera costumes or some headgear to take pics~ (prefer to pic)
Drawbacks include the dim lighting which made it quite hard to read the pamphlets and take photos. However, it do make the atmosphere better.
A few drawbacks though,
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I found this place without much problem as it's located near the Raffles Place MRT. The exhibits were interesting as I found that some of the cultures have stronger influences than the rest.
There are well-placed self-help guides and detailed information for each exhibit. Walking around is a breeze and there are benches available for those who are tired.
I like the fact that the place is wheelchair friendly. However, some of the exhibits for interaction aren't that friendly for wheelchairs which is a pity.
You can even place your bags in the lockers provided so you can roam around with less things to carry.
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Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) is the first museum in the region to present a broad yet integrated perspective of pan-Asian cultures and civilisations. The Museum's collection centres on the material cultures of the different groups originating from China, Southeast Asia, South Asia and West Asia.
I was privileged to have been able to join a guided tour by one of the curators at ACM. If you're planning a visit to the museum, I strongly recommend to join the guided tours by the volunteers.
The visit to the museum had been quite an experience for me. Before the tour, I thought museums are rather boring. But when I participated in the tour and had a better understanding of the history and stories behind the things around the museum, it was quite a discovery adventure.
If you've never been into the Asian Civilisations Museum before, why not spend a day there exploring? If you would like to really absorb all the content there, I would suggest you split your visits to a few trips. If not, you might just get too tired after exploring and absorbing just one section of the museum. As the curator suggested, don't go to the museum and wants to see everything there in one visit. One should find a focus for that day and just spend enough time to complete touring that section for that day.
Oh by the way, if you are unable to join the guided tours, there's always the self-guided tour guides around the museum to help you. There are many computer guides around where they can share the interesting things within their section.
Attached is a video compilation of few things I saw at ACM. And find out about a cute and interesting cup and listen to the curator share why the cup is interesting! :)
You can also read more about the interesting finds I saw during my tour around the museum at my blog.
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