NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SINGAPORE

The National Museum of Singapore is an iconic architecture - bringing together the old and the new on one single site.


For the first time in the Museum’s history, the exterior façade of the historic Dome can be admired by everyone from within the museum walls. Previously, due to the height of the Dome, visitors would have to stand across Stamford Road to be able to see the Dome in its entirely.

The Glass Passage is the only modern intrusion allowed by the Urban & Redevelopment Authority (URA).

Designed as a modern interpretation of the old Rotunda Dome, the Glass Rotunda is the main feature of the new Museum extension.

During the day, 360 degrees of projected images would surround visitors when they are within the interior of the smaller drum.  At night, the Glass Rotunda will transform into a lantern, with images appearing on the 'skin' of the inner drum, visible on the exterior façade, illuminating the city skylight.The cylindrical image projection would be one of the largest and most complex outdoor projection images ever to be constructed.

In the future, the Glass Rotunda has the potential to be one of the most visible artistic platforms in Singapore, as artists can be challenged to create new 360 degree video works. The transformation will illuminate the foregrounds of the Fort Canning Park, announcing the “re-birth” of the National Museum of Singapore.

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