Kick off the new year with Light to Night 2022: New Waves, the latest edition of the marquee arts festival in the Civic District. Festival goers can explore ACM after hours and tour the Singapore River and its surrounding stories.
On 30 January, families can move to the beat in a workshop and drama performance as part of ACM Adventures: Let’s Dance!, or get creative with a craft activity inspired by a dancing teapot in the Maritime Trade Gallery.
Learn all about the beauty of Peranakan craftsmanship and culture through storytelling, a drama performance, and hands-on activities during ACM Adventures: Peranakan Parade on 27 February 2022.
#SGFASHIONNOW
Image source: Asian Civilisations Museum
25 June 2021 to 9 January 2022
Asian Civilisations Museum
Free
#SGFASHIONNOW is ACM’s first display of contemporary Singapore fashion, exploring creative practice in Singapore in the context of Asia’s cultural heritage. The exhibition is a collaboration with LASALLE College of the Arts’ School of Fashion and the textile and Fashion Federation (TaFF), and represents our commitment to working with community and industry to celebrate local fashion.
ACM hopes to encourage new ways of addressing the question – “What is Singapore fashion?” – from the perspective of our essence as an open, global multi-cultural port city. In a departure from past exhibitions, students from LASALLE’s School of Fashion are the curators for this exhibition, with ACM staff and LASALLE faculty providing mentorship.
#SGFASHIONNOW features works by eight practising designers, including Andrew Gn, Goh Lai Chan, Priscilla Shunmugam, and Carol Chen – winner of TaFF’s 2020 edition of Singapore Stories, an annual fashion design competition for emerging, locally-based designers.
Visit the ACM x LASALLE e-publication here.
Fantastic Creatures at ACM: Children’s Season 2021
Image source: Asian Civilisations Museum
20 November to 31 December 2021
Asian Civilisations Museum, ACM Website, Facebook, YouTube
Free admission to some programmes, Registered programmes available via Peatix
Children’s Season is back at ACM! Embark on a quest to discover fantastic creatures and amazing animals in Asian art. Our exciting programme line-up consists of both online and self-guided activities. Get ready to put on your explorer’s hat and seek out these fantastic creatures with us!
Russel Wong in Kyoto
Image source: Russel Wong
29 November 2021 to 10 April 2022
Asian Civilisations Museum
Free
ACM x Russel Wong’s collaboration has been extended – and expanded! ACM’s special exhibition Russel Wong in Kyoto will now run through 10 April 2022.
On 29 November, a whole new section of Kyoto photographs will open to the public. ACM’s expanded Russel Wong in Kyoto displays 37 additional black and white prints and several new colour images from the photographer’s ongoing personal project to document the geisha community of Kyoto. This new selection sheds further light on rarely seen and lesser-known traditions of this private community.
The images tell stories of traditional and contemporary Japan, revealing how one often merges into the other. Over 70 black-and-white photographs illustrate customs and traditions of geishas – called “geiko” in Kyoto. The tea ceremony, dance, dressing up, and the lesser known Erikae ceremony, a two-week process where a maiko (geiko in training) prepares herself to become a geiko, are explored.
The extensions of this special exhibition allows visitors another chance to dive deeper into Kyoto’s culture, and celebrates Russel Wong’s gift of all the photographs in the show to ACM and the Singapore National Collection.
Late to Night 2022: New Waves
Fridays and Saturdays, 14 January to 3 February 2022
Extended museum hours till 10pm
Free
As part of Light to Night 2022, ACM presents New Waves. Explore the Singapore River and its stories known and imagined, through layers of context, conversations, and reflections.
Programmes
ACM Adventures: Celebrations
Sunday, 26 December 2021
1 to 5pm
Asian Civilisations Museum, ACM Website
Free
This month, have a jolly good time with us as we learn about the objects found in our Christian Art Gallery. Make merry with us through craft activities, storytelling, and drama performances this December.
Image source: Asian Civilisations Museum
ACM Adventures: Let’s Dance!
Sunday, 30 January 2022
1 to 5pm
Asian Civilisations Museum, ACM Website
Free
Got the rhythm in you? This month, move to the beat in a workshop and drama performance. Then get creative with a craft activity inspired by a dancing teapot in the Maritime Trade Gallery
Image source: Asian Civilisations Museum
ACM Adventures: Peranakan Parade
Sunday, 27 February 2022
1 to 5pm
Asian Civilisations Museum, ACM Website
Free
Learn all about the beauty of Peranakan craftsmanship and culture through storytelling, a drama performance, and hands-on activities.
Regular Programmes
Image source: Asian Civilisations Museum
Let’s Learn About…celebrations over food!
From 3 December 2021
Online, ACM Website
Free
This month, Let’s Learn About… celebrations over food! As the year wraps up, take some time to celebrate your family and friends, and explore objects from ACM’s collection that remind us of having food together.
ACM & Friends Fun Pack
From 17 December 2021
ACM Website
Free
Download and use this fun activity kit, specially designed for children and adults across all learning abilities, and have an enjoyable time learning about the ACM collection through play.
Activities You Can Do Everyday
Online, ACM Website
Free
Enjoy everyday activities from the comfort of your home. Explore, discover, and have fun with trails and videos for everyone.
Audio Description Tours
Online, ACM Website
Free
Listen to descriptions of key objects in our collection from the comfort of you home.