Asian Civilisations Museum
1 Empress Place, Singapore 179555
The Asian Civilisations Museum occupies the neoclassical Empress Place Building on the Singapore River and houses the most comprehensive collection of pan-Asian art and artifacts in Southeast Asia — tracing the trade routes, religious exchanges, and cultural connections that made Singapore a crossroads of civilisations long before the British arrived.
Fort Canning Park
River Valley Rd, Tanglin, Singapore, Singapore
Fort Canning is a hilltop park in the centre of Singapore that holds more history per square metre than almost anywhere on the island — 700 years of it, from the 14th-century Malay kings who built a palace on the summit to the British colonial fortress to the underground bunker where the decision to surrender Singapore to the Japanese was made in 1942.
Kampong Glam & Arab Street
227 Arab St, Rochor, Singapore, 199840, Singapore
Kampong Glam is Singapore's Malay-Arab heritage quarter — a neighbourhood of shophouses, textile merchants, and perfume shops centred on the golden-domed Sultan Mosque that has been the heart of the Malay community since Raffles designated this area in his 1822 town plan.
Lau Pa Sat
18 Raffles Quay, Singapore 048582
Lau Pa Sat is a Victorian cast-iron market hall in the Financial District that has been feeding Singapore since 1894 — an octagonal structure shipped in pieces from a foundry in Glasgow, assembled on the waterfront, and now sitting slightly incongruously among the glass towers of the CBD.
National Museum of Singapore
93 Stamford Road, Singapore 178897
The National Museum of Singapore is the country's oldest museum — established in 1849, housed in a neoclassical building completed in 1887, and expanded with a modern glass-and-steel wing that wraps around the original structure like a contemporary commentary on colonial architecture.
Peranakan Museum
39 Armenian Street, Singapore 179941
The Peranakan Museum is dedicated to the most distinctively Singaporean culture — the Baba-Nonya or Peranakan community, descendants of Chinese traders who married local Malay women over centuries and developed a hybrid culture that exists nowhere else in the world.
Raffles Hotel
1 Beach Road, Singapore 189673
Raffles Hotel is the grand dame of Southeast Asian hospitality — a colonial white wedding cake of a building that has been hosting writers, royalty, and adventurers since 1887.
Singapore Botanic Gardens
1 Cluny Rd, Tanglin, Singapore, 259569, Singapore
The Singapore Botanic Gardens is the only tropical botanic garden on the UNESCO World Heritage list — 82 hectares of primary rainforest, manicured lawns, and one of the world's finest orchid collections, all in the middle of a city that has been using this garden as its green lung since 1859.
Sri Mariamman Temple
244 South Bridge Road, Singapore 058793
Sri Mariamman Temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore — founded in 1827 by Naraina Pillai, who arrived with Raffles as a government clerk and became one of the most successful Indian merchants in the colony.
Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall
9 Empress Place, Singapore 179556
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall is the oldest performing arts venue in Singapore — a twin structure on Empress Place that has been hosting concerts, theatre, and civic events since 1862.
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