Singapore’s first museum, just for children, opened in recent years and it’s a great way to entertain kids around the country. Wonderfully, Children’s Museum Singapore (CMSG) by the National Heritage Board invites children who are 12 years old and under to enter a wonderful world of play and learning.
The Children’s Museum Singapore is housed in a historic colonial building, formerly the Singapore Philatelic Museum, built in 1906. It boasts an array of playful experiences such as family-friendly interactive exhibitions, alongside engaging programmes for all age groups, created in collaboration with educators, to help develop children’s learning about Singapore’s heritage and the rest of the world.
Children’s Museum Guide
The museum offers a variety of engaging exhibitions and interactive activities through play and exploration. It features a permanent exhibition spanning four galleries on the ground floor and three rotating galleries on second floor. Meanwhile, each gallery aims to evoke children’s curiosity and motivate learning through rich storytelling.
Permanent Gallery: A Voyage Back In Time
A Voyage Back In Time teleports children to different time periods in Singapore, with the help of CMSG’s Mascot from the future WonderBot and a task-delegating adventurous sea Captain. Children will discover stories of the past and present day through the Hidden Chamber’s theatre show, Ahoy Singapore! where kids can learn to do tasks, The Marketplace shophouse heritage trades and a modern day My Neighbourhood.
Special Galleries
The special galleries on the second floor will change regularly. Currently, the themes are Into The Hawkerverse which runs into 2026. This particular gallery introduces kids to Singapore’s hawker culture through interactive displays and sensory exploration. Plus, Superhawker Me is a multisensorial performance with sing-a-longs that’s enjoyable for children.
There’s play spaces and play pods for children to play who are between the ages of two and four.
Interestingly, the museum was co-designed with the help of children such as choices of colours and logos, as well as children’s inputs on what exhibitions and programmes would be useful.
The Children’s Museum Singapore requires adults to be accompanied by a child to enter. The museum is free entry for Singaporeans and press. However, tourists and foreigners must pay $10.90 per child and $16 per adult. Due to limited capacity, it’s best to book tickets online via the Children’s museum website.
📍Coleman Street, 23-B, Singapore 179807
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