Arts and Science Museum, MBS

I have the good fortune of visiting the new Arts and Science Museum for free last Friday as part of a department retreat. For a museum with a shape of a lotus, I was a bit surprised it did not get that much fanfare and attention. Perhaps dwarfed by the main attraction of the Marina Bay Sands - the Casino.


Say what you may, but by naming a casino "Integrated Resort" does not even begin to disguise what it really is. And all its attempt to disguise the fact with its peripheral resort-like attractions merely insult the level of intelligence of its population.


Nonetheless, I was glad to be able to visit it for free. The entrance fee would have set me back by SG$27. I thought the National Museum of Singapore did a better job at making history widely available to the public. Seeing as how the building is lotus-shaped, one cannot help but wonder: where are the exhibits housed?


Very little space is left, I should say. There are several event rooms and halls aligned in circles in the basement, levels 2 and 3. Not a usual museum goer nor an art lover, I shall leave my comments about the exhibits. Here are some pictures of the museum.