As the government grants greater access to citizens and Permenant Residents, access to National Museums and Heritage Instutions are now free. Over the weekends, we bought Kris to Singapore Philatelic Museum which is the custodian and curator of Singapore's
treasure of philatelic materials.
The museum collections range from stamps and archival philatelic material of Singapore from the 1830s to present day.
Verdict
The place is not only rich in history but is also interactive for kids. The galleries are brightly colored and some of the exhibits are arranged in different compartments which allows inquisitive kids or adults like myself to explore. Although, Kris is too young to understand the history behind the materials, she absolutely has a wonderful time opening and closing the different compartment.
There is a gallery room filled with stamps from all over the world and are arranged in an atlas format. Kris saw an elephant in one of the stamps for South Africa and pointed to me. Who say that learning needs to be rigid? Having fun is part of learning.
There is also a "Stamp" photo booth located in the museum where you can create photo stamps for yourselves. We absolutely had a wonderful time posing.
Heritage room that showcase Singapore in the 19th century. Kris had an amazing time re-arranging the clogs, drumming on the different types of traditional drums and resting at the stone table something that kids do not see or do these days.
Grocery room that showcase how Singapore trade its food and items in the 19th century. Kris adored this room as its filled with plasitc fruits and vegatables which she can relate to. As some of the fruits came loose in the exhibtis, she had fun re-arranging some of the fruit items while I had fun teaching her the names of the different fruits and vegetables.
Spice room that showcase how spices trading has helped transform Singapore from a trade port to a bustling city like today. The exhibit in this room is arranged like a partial ship which caught Kris attention.
We spent almost an hour here going through the exhibits over and over.
Some of these exhibits rooms are permanent while some will be changed every few months which makes it more interesting for visitor or family to visit this museum again and again. We will be back for more.
The museum collections range from stamps and archival philatelic material of Singapore from the 1830s to present day.
Verdict
The place is not only rich in history but is also interactive for kids. The galleries are brightly colored and some of the exhibits are arranged in different compartments which allows inquisitive kids or adults like myself to explore. Although, Kris is too young to understand the history behind the materials, she absolutely has a wonderful time opening and closing the different compartment.
There is a gallery room filled with stamps from all over the world and are arranged in an atlas format. Kris saw an elephant in one of the stamps for South Africa and pointed to me. Who say that learning needs to be rigid? Having fun is part of learning.
There is also a "Stamp" photo booth located in the museum where you can create photo stamps for yourselves. We absolutely had a wonderful time posing.
Heritage room that showcase Singapore in the 19th century. Kris had an amazing time re-arranging the clogs, drumming on the different types of traditional drums and resting at the stone table something that kids do not see or do these days.
Grocery room that showcase how Singapore trade its food and items in the 19th century. Kris adored this room as its filled with plasitc fruits and vegatables which she can relate to. As some of the fruits came loose in the exhibtis, she had fun re-arranging some of the fruit items while I had fun teaching her the names of the different fruits and vegetables.
Spice room that showcase how spices trading has helped transform Singapore from a trade port to a bustling city like today. The exhibit in this room is arranged like a partial ship which caught Kris attention.
We spent almost an hour here going through the exhibits over and over.
Some of these exhibits rooms are permanent while some will be changed every few months which makes it more interesting for visitor or family to visit this museum again and again. We will be back for more.
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