New Updates Rules When Museum and Art Venue Opens
On June 25, The National Museum of Singapore, National Gallery Singapore, and Asian Civilisations Museum will be operating as normal but there will be a few new rules everyone should know before paying a visit to these places.
#1: Not everything will be open. You can visit long-term exhibitions and select ongoing exhibitions, such as Latiff Mohidin: Pago Pago, Chua Soo Bin: Truths and Legends, Suddenly Turning Visible: Art & Architecture in Southeast Asia (1969-1989) and Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission: Cao Fei. There’ll be free admission to long-term galleries and select ongoing exhibitions from June 26 to July 31.
#2: What will remain closed? Gallery & Co café and shop (all other F&B outlets are open), Keppel Centre for Art Education, City Hall: If Walls Could Talk exhibition, Rotunda Library & Archive and Social Table will remain shut for now.
#3: New entry procedures are in place. All visitors must wear masks and will have to check-in via SafeEntry and have their temperature screened when entering the Gallery and its dining facilities.
#4: Visitors are encouraged to pre-purchase tickets online, or if they have to buy it on-site, to use their mobile phones to purchase tickets via a QR code.
#5: Keep your group small. Visitors should not visit in groups larger than five, which is the permitted group size for social gatherings in Singapore in Phase 2, and no mingling of groups will be allowed. If and when necessary, the timed entry will be introduced to further manage capacities. There will also be digital dashboards at entrances to indicate available visitor capacity.
#6: No shared equipment provided. All audio headsets inside Gallery spaces will be removed for hygiene purposes. Visitors will instead be encouraged to download the free Gallery Explorer app for audio tours. Tours, events, and programs have been suspended prior to the temporary closure and will continue to be halted until further notice.
#7: Reduced capacity at eateries and other venues. The restaurant’s seating capacity has been reduced to ensure safe distancing, and diners may only dine in groups of less than five, in line with the government’s guidelines. The Gallery & Co café and shop will remain closed. Chequerboard seating has been implemented in venues like the auditorium, theatrette, and Padang atrium steps.
#8: Stepped up cleaning and safe distancing measures. There will be hourly disinfection of public areas with high visitor traffic, such as toilets and lifts. Auto sensor hand sanitizer dispensers have also been installed.
The Indian Heritage Centre, Malay Heritage Centre, Sun Yat-Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall reopen on Jul 3.
Images by National Gallery Singapore, National Heritage Board, Asian Civilisations Museum