More People Should Know About This Place

The NUS Museum.

Yes, NUS has a Museum. For those working or studying in NUS and still now realise that the campus has a museum, go there now!

It’s located inside the University Cultural Centre Building, which also happen to house a theatre with a Conservatory located right next to it. The building is located at the first entrance to NUS from AYE, you can’t miss it.

The museum has three levels of exhibition galleries (again, not many people realise this). The street level main gallery currently houses great example of Southeast Asian art, including paintings, prints, and sculptures. There are also 2 other galleries adjoined to it, each housing running exhibitions.

In the bottom level you can see a collection of historic chinese artifacts and also gifts & donations, most of them chinese calligraphy. The top level of the museum houses Ng Eng Teng’s sculptures, displayed chronologically from his early years up to his latest works.

A nice find is La Libreria, a small cute bookshop behind the frosted glass doors on the top level. The bookshop features limited edition artist books and book arts. They also run a bookbinding workshop every Saturday.

It’s a pity that not many people realise the museum’s existence, as it is located quite far from major art schools or gallery clusters. For those who’ve not been there, go there. For those who’ve been there, go more often!

Exhibitions currently displayed at the NUS museum:

Lee Kong Chian Collection: ways of seeing Chinese art
Ng Eng Teng Collection: sculpting life
South & Southeast Asian Collection
Archives & Desires: selections from the Mohammad din Mohammad collection
Mapping the Corporeal: Ronald Ventura
Bound for Glory: Wong Hoy Cheong