ArtScience Museum

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Coordinates: 1°17′10″N 103°51′33″E / 1.28611°N 103.85917°E / 1.28611; 103.85917

Singapore Art Science Museum
新加坡艺术科学博物馆
A lotus-inspired building designed by Moshie Safdie that features 10 “fingers” anchored by a unique round base in the middle.
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Established17 February 2011; 10 years ago (2011-02-17)
Location6 Bayfront Avenue, Singapore 018974
DirectorHonor Harger
Websitewww.marinabaysands.com/ArtScienceMuseum

ArtScience Museum is a museum within the integrated resort of Marina Bay Sands in the Downtown Core of the Central Area in Singapore. Opened on 17 February 2011 by Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, it is the world's first ArtScience museum, featuring major exhibitions that blend art, science, culture and technology.[1]

Although a permanent exhibition at the ArtScience Gallery has been planned, the Museum mainly hosts touring exhibitions curated by other museums.

Architecture[]

Aerial view of ArtScience Museum
Night view of Singapore Art Science Museum, February 2019

The architecture is said to be a form reminiscent of a lotus flower.[2] It is designed by the Moshe Safdie.

Referred to as "The Welcoming Hand of Singapore" by Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson, the ArtScience Museum is anchored by a round base in the middle, with ten extensions referred to as "fingers". The design concept for each finger denotes various gallery spaces sporting skylights at the "fingertips", which are included as sustainable illumination for the curved interior walls.

A night view of the museum photographed in February 2011

Gallery spaces[]

The ArtScience Museum has 21 gallery spaces with a total area of 64,583 square feet (6,000 square meters).

Sustainability features[]

Rainwater is harvested and channelled down the centre of the building, flowing through its bowl-shaped roof into a reflecting pond at the lowest level of the building. The rainwater is then recycled for use in the building's restrooms.

Exhibitions[]

Permanent exhibition[]

Since Future World there is no permanent exhibition.

Touring exhibitions[]

Some of the touring exhibitions at the ArtScience Museum include:

Exhibition Period Presenter
Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World[3] 19 Feb – 27 Mar 2011 American Museum of Natural History
Genghis Khan: The Exhibition[3] 19 Feb – 10 Apr 2011 Rex Exhibitions
Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds[4] 19 Feb – 2 Oct 2011 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Asian Civilisations Museum, National Heritage Board, Singapore Tourism Board
Van Gogh Alive - the Exhibition[5] 16 Apr – 9 Oct 2011 Grande Exhibitions, VisionsCom
Dalí: Mind of a Genius – The Exhibition[6] 14 May – 13 Nov 2011 Stratton Foundation
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition[7][8] 29 Oct 2011 – 29 Apr 2012 Premier Exhibitions, RMS Titanic, Inc.
Cartier Time Art[9] 14 Dec 2011 – 12 Feb 2012 Cartier S.A.
Andy Warhol: 15 Minutes Eternal[10] 17 Mar – 21 Oct 2012 The Andy Warhol Museum
Harry Potter: The Exhibition[11] 2 Jun – 30 Sep 2012 Global Experience Specialists, Inc., Warner Bros. Consumer Products
Outside In: A Magnum Photos Showcase[12] 10 Oct 2012 – 17 Mar 2013 Magnum Photos
The Art of the Brick[13] 17 Nov 2012 – 14 Apr 2013 Nathan Sawaya
Fujians: The Blue Ocean Legacy[14] 24 Nov 2012 – 28 Feb 2013 Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan
Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb[15] 27 Apr – 4 Nov 2013 British Museum
Essential Eames: A Herman Miller Exhibition[16] 29 Jun 2013 – 16 Feb 2014 Eames Office, Herman Miller
50 Greatest Photographs of National Geographic[17] 17 Aug – 27 Oct 2013 National Geographic Society
Dinosaurs: Dawn to Extinction[18] 25 Jan – 27 Jul 2014 American Museum of Natural History, PrimeSCI!, San Juan National Science Museum
Annie Leibovitz A Photographer's Life 1990 - 2005 18 Apr – 19 Oct 2014 -
Human+: The Future of Our Species[19] May 20 – Oct 15 2017 Science Gallery, Dublin.

Feature exhibitions[]

View from below.

The ArtScience Museum features gallery spaces totalling 50,000 square feet (6,000 square meters) for exhibits from combined art/science, media/technology, as well as design/architecture motifs.

Permanent exhibits include objects indicative of the accomplishments of both the arts and the sciences through the ages, along the lines of Leonardo da Vinci's Flying Machine, a Kongming Lantern, and a high-tech robotic fish. The museum opened with an exhibition of a collection of the Belitung shipwreck cargo, and Tang dynasty treasures that were discovered and preserved by Tilman Walterfang of Seabed Explorations NZ Ltd.

Belitung shipwreck treasure[]

Tilman Walterfang and his team found the Tang dynasty artifacts in the Gaspar Strait in 1998 among the Belitung shipwreck, a large 9th-century Arabian dhow that sunk around 830 AD. For the next six years, they were desalinated, conserved and researched by his company Seabed Explorations Ltd in New Zealand. They were eventually purchased for around 32 million USD.[20][21]

An accurate reproduction of the Arab dhow ship, named The Jewel of Muscat, was presented by the Sultanate of Oman to the government and people of Singapore.[22]

The items in the collection on tour accurately reflects the assortment and magnitude of the find and its global inter-cultural significance; this is the single largest consignment of Tang Dynasty export goods ever discovered. The find includes some of the oldest cobalt-blue-and-white ceramics made in China, several gold items made with Arabic designs and swastikas, jars filled with spices and incense resins, bronze mirrors, thousands of glazed bowls, ewers and other fine ceramics, as well as lead ingots. The pièce de résistance of the exhibition is a small cache of magnificent, intricately tooled vessels of silver and gold, which remain unparalleled in quality and design from the period.

World tour of Tang Dynasty shipwreck treasure[]

With support from the estate of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat, the cargo of the Arab dhow - which was used as the true and original model - is now generally referred to among academic circles as the "Tang Shipwreck Treasure: Singapore's Maritime Collection".[23]

See also[]

  • Maritime Experiential Museum and Aquarium

References[]

  1. ^ "About ArtScience Museum". Marina Bay Sands. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  2. ^ "Design: Architecture in Bloom - Singapore's ArtScience Museum". Time. 177 (14): 52–53. 11 April 2011.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "Travel the ancient Silk Road for the first time in Asia". www.marinabaysands.com. Archived from the original on 11 February 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Ninth century Tang archaeological finds go on display at Integrated Resort Marina Bay Sands' latest architectural showpiece". Archived from the original on 2011-10-02. Retrieved 2011-03-28.
  5. ^ "Van Gogh's masterpieces come alive at Marina Bay Sands' ArtScience Museum". Archived from the original on 12 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  6. ^ "Explore the distorted reality of Dalí: Mind of a Genius – The Exhibition at ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands". Archived from the original on 26 April 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2011.
  7. ^ "After almost 100 Years, the Titanic arrives in Singapore at ArtScience Museum" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  8. ^ "Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, Singapore". Archived from the original on 2018-10-11. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  9. ^ "ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands hosts the first Cartier Time Art exhibition in Asia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2011-10-20.
  10. ^ "Largest collection of Warhol's artworks ever displayed in Singapore at ArtScience Museum" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  11. ^ "Experience the Magic of HARRY POTTER: THE EXHIBITION for the First Time in Asia at ArtScience Museum, Singapore" (PDF) (Press release). Marina Bay Sands. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-17.
  12. ^ "ArtScience Museum zooms in on Outside In: A Magnum Photos Showcase" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-10-05. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  13. ^ "The Art of the Brick brings sculptures to life at ArtScience Museum" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Fujians: The Blue Ocean Legacy exhibition at Marina Bay Sands opens in conjunction with the 7th World Fujian Convention" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2012-12-26.
  15. ^ "Journey to the Egyptian afterlife at ArtScience Museum with Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  16. ^ "ArtScience Museum brings the story of iconic design duo Charles and Ray Eames to Singapore" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2013-07-10.
  17. ^ "50 Greatest Photographs of National Geographic to debut at ArtScience Museum" (PDF).
  18. ^ "Unearth the history of life and enter the world of terrestrial reptiles at "Dinosaurs: Dawn to Extinction"" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-24. Retrieved 2013-12-22.
  19. ^ Low, Aloysius. "'Human+' exhibit explores the future of humanity". CNET.
  20. ^ "Sentosa Proceeds to Buy 9th Century Treasure". Singapore: Sentosa. 8 April 2005. Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  21. ^ "CHINA MARITIME SILK ROAD MUSEUM". The Australian National University. Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
  22. ^ "Jewel of Muscat Website Launch". Jewel of Muscat. 15 March 2009. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
  23. ^ "Tang Shipwreck Treasure Singapore's Maritime Collection". YouTube. 8 July 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2013.

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