Wondering where to go and what to do this March school holidays? Look no further and head over to ArtScience Museum for a fun-filled day out during the school break and beyond.
Catch the Singapore premiere of Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs as part of ArtScience on Screen and witness how an imaginative boy and his cousin save their neighbourhood with unexpected help from a pack of local dogs that can talk! Remember to book your tickets online to enjoy this free film screening.
Hop on the green bandwagon this March school holidays at the Museum and join us on an upcycling journey through crafts. Learn more about your recyclables before giving them a new life through a series of hands-on workshops and activities.
Time to redeem your SingaporeRediscover vouchers to catch the extended Margins: drawing pictures of home and Planet or Plastic?. Do not miss the highly anticipated STAR WARSTM Identities: The Exhibition and the ever-popular permanent exhibition, FUTURE WORLD: Where Art Meets Science, as well!
Please refer to the listings below for more information.
What’s On At ArtScience Museum
ArtScience on Screen
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Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs (Singapore Premiere!)
1 – 15 March
Expression Gallery, Level 4
17, 19, 26, 28, 30, 31 March
Rainbow Room, Basement 2
10am, 11.45am
- Free admission.
- Visitors are encouraged to pre-book their seats online due to limited capacity.
- This film is rated PG and runs for 72 minutes
Can an imaginative boy, his know-it-all cousin and a pack of talking dogs save their happy neighborhood from a greedy developer?
City-dwelling Jacob dreams of becoming an architect just like his busy father, and spends most of his time drawing buildings and daydreaming while his father is at work. When his father needs to go on a long business trip, Jacob must spend a week in Maskachka, a historical suburb of Riga (Latvia), with his bossy cousin Mimmi and her ex-seaman father Eagle.
Jacob is immediately enchanted by the neighborhood’s unique aura with the chirpy, witty Mimmi as his guide. When the cousins discover that a businessman plans to transform a local park into skyscrapers, they know they must save the neighbourhood — and find unexpected help from a pack of local dogs that can talk!
March Holiday Programmes
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Tinker with Trashure
13 and 14 March | 11am, 1pm, 2pm, 4pm, 5pm @ Rainbow Room, Basement 2
- This one-hour workshop is complimentary with limited slots available
- Online pre-booking of tickets is required.
Be inspired by Mandy Barker’s work at Planet or Plastic? to create an artwork with recycled trash to highlight the amount of items we dispose each day. How can we be more mindful of what we consume and how can these habits help us reflect on ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle items in our everyday lives?
This workshop is organised in collaboration with VIVITA, a global community of creators with a vision to empower children with the skills to create a better future.
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Stand Up and Speak Out!
15 and 29 Mar | 11am – 12pm @ Rainbow Room, Basement 2
- $5 per participant.
- Up to 20 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested participants are highly encouraged to book their tickets online.
This workshop highlights the efforts of inspiring individuals who have raised awareness on various global issues including plastic pollution. Participants will make their own banner that addresses an issue or a cause of their choice. They will march around the Museum to showcase their colourful banner while standing up and speaking out!
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Make Your Own: Shrink Art with Recycled Plastics Workshop
17 and 31 Mar | 2pm – 3pm @ Rainbow Room, Basement 2
- $5 per participant.
- Up to 20 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested participants are highly encouraged to book their tickets online.
Discover ways to upcycle your take-out containers and make your own shrink art using recycle plastics. Tap into your creativity while being environmentally friendly.
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Make Your Own: Reusable Bag
19 Mar | 6pm – 7pm @ Rainbow Room, Basement 2
- $5 per participant.
- Up to 20 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Interested participants are highly encouraged to book their tickets online.
As we find more ways to reduce our plastic footprint, why not join us for a Make Your Own: Reusable Bag session as we upcycle and transform plastic bags into personalised, reusable bags for your next shopping trip!
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Make Your Own Tut: Drop-in session
27 Mar | 10am, 11.30am, 3pm, 4.30pm @ Rainbow Room, Basement 2
- This one-hour workshop is complimentary with limited slots available
- Online pre-booking of tickets is required.
- Suggested age group: 7 years old and above. Parents/guardians are advised to accompany the child for the session.
This is a hands-on workshop that encourages young visitors to create their own version of everybody’s favourite sea turtle, Tut. Get creative and explore ways to upcycle discarded materials by giving it new life in this craft session.
At the end of the workshop, participants will bring their turtle home with them and continue to spread the message of change.
Exhibitions at ArtScience Museum
“Singapore” series (2017) by Nguan | Image source: ArtScience Museum
Margins: drawing pictures of home (Extended!)
From now till 28 March
ArtScience Museum presents the works of 15 contemporary photographers who reflect on timely topics important to Singapore in the exhibition, Margins: drawing pictures of home. Running till 28 March, the exhibition is part of the 7th Singapore International Photography Festival (SIPF).
The 15 artists in the show articulate the country’s rich migrant histories, its blended cultural ancestries, and the daily lives of its diverse people.
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Margins’ Spotlight Tour with Hariz Rosli – 12 Mar, 6pm
Margins’ Spotlight Tour with Gwen Lee, Director of SIPF – 26 Mar, 6pm
- Complimentary to ticket-holders of Margins.
- Up to 10 participants on a first-come, first-served basis
Join us in our galleries in this programme of cozy evening tours and interact with our directors, curators, exhibition producers and registrars as they lead intimate walkthroughs of exhibitions on view at ArtScience Museum and share about some of the most compelling works and stories from the shows.
Explore Margins on 12 March with ArtScience Museum’s Assistant Registrar, Hariz Rosli, who works at the heart of organising the arrival, installation and return of loaned objects and works of art for exhibitions at the Museum. In his spotlight tour, Hariz will shed light on the planning and production of Margins in dialogue with the curatorial team and exhibiting photographers, as well as some of his favourite moments of the installation process.
On 26 March, Gwen Lee, Director and co-founder of SIPF, will share how the collection of photographic works in Margins responds to SIPF 2020’s theme of ‘Departing and Arriving’. She will also discuss how the exhibiting artists’ interpretation of Singapore’s ever-evolving landscape contemplates our ideals, dreams and future.
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Planet or Plastic?
From now till 25 April (Extended!)
Planet or Plastic? shines a spotlight on the fragility of the natural environment as a result of the global plastic waste crisis. Featuring 70 powerful images from photographers around the world, the exhibition tells the story behind plastic from its invention just over a century ago to its mass consumption today.
It endeavours to raise awareness of society’s dependence on plastic by visually depicting the global plastic waste crisis and highlighting the innovative individuals and communities who are working on solutions to this urgent problem. The show also builds upon National Geographic’s multiyear global initiative aimed at reducing the amount of single-use plastic that reaches the ocean.
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STAR WARS™ Identities: The Exhibition
Till 13 June
- Visitors are advised to pre-purchase tickets online prior to their visit
- Opens till late on Fridays and Saturdays
Find your force at ArtScience Museum’s latest exhibition STAR WARS Identities: The Exhibition.
This is the final chance for visitors to see the extensive collection of close to 200 original Star Wars items from Lucasfilm Archives before the end of its global tour. Embark on an interactive identity quest to gain new insights on Star Wars characters while discovering what force will shape your own identity.
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FUTURE WORLD: Where Art Meets Science
- Visitors are advised to pre-purchase tickets online prior to their visit
Immerse yourself in a world of art, science, magic and metaphor through a collection of digital interactive installation at Future World. This permanent exhibition takes visitors on an exciting journey of discovery through four key themes – City in A Garden, Sanctuary, Park and Space.
ArtScience Museum’s late-night opening on Fridays and Saturdays
Visitors will now have more time to explore and enjoy the great offerings at the Museum as it extends its opening hours on Fridays and Saturdays till 9pm (with last admission at 8pm).