Singapore City Sights

Chinatown Heritage Centre

#24 of 550 things to do in Singapore City

#534 of 21668 things to do in Asia

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Good for: history

  • Address
    • 48 Pagoda St
  • Transport
    • Chinatown
  • Phone
    • 6325 2878
  • Price
    • adult/child S$10/6
  • Hours
    • 9am-8pm

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Lonely Planet review for Chinatown Heritage Centre

Set on three floors of an old shophouse, the Chinatown Heritage Centre is an engaging museum focusing on the arduous everyday lives of Singapore’s Chinese settlers. Reconstructed living environments are festooned with artefacts. The cramped quarters of shophouse living are decked out with startling reality (right down to the fake poop inside the bucket toilet – thankfully, scent-emitting technology won’t be invented until 2050). The oral and video histories of local people are genuinely moving…if the projectors and screens decide to work.

 

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    An interesting museum about the life of the first settlers

    fgspore recommends this,

    A very nice and cozy museum about the life of the first settlers. Stories are told and you can see scenes of the daily life. A piece of history - made with heart for those people.

    Good for: history

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