Asian Civilisations Museum

Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore

Asian Civilisations Museum

Museum

About

Situated at the mouth of the Singapore River, the Former Empress Place Building was an important government building in Singapore up to the 1980s.

National Heritage Board, National Monuments (open data, Singapore Open Data Licence).

Facts and sources

Names
EN Asian Civilisations Museum中文 亚洲文明博物馆한국어 아시아 문명 박물관日本語 アジア文明博物館 Wikidata Q633033; Korean by DealSingapore (NIKL loanword rules)
Heritage
National Monument National Heritage Board, record updated 2021-03-05
Planning area
Downtown Core URA Master Plan 2025
Opening hours
Not in our sources: see the official site NHB lists and Wikidata, read 2026-10-01
Official site
acm.org.sgWikidata
Data
/api/sight/asian-civilisations-museum.json The same facts as JSON, for apps and AI agents

Getting there

Raffles Place · Exit H The exit nearest this place, 258 m in a straight line (station 389 m). Not a walking route Open in Google Maps 1 Empress Place, Singapore 179555

Area

Civic District 405 m from the centre of the area Marina Bay 601 m from the centre of the area Clarke Quay 661 m from the centre of the area

Nearby

Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall Theatre and venue · 65 m away Dalhousie Obelisk Historic site · 66 m away Statue of Stamford Raffles, Raffle's Landing Site Public art · 75 m away Anderson Bridge Bridge · 83 m away Cavenagh Bridge Bridge · 83 m away Elgin Bridge Bridge · 83 m away

Wikidata (CC0). Sources and photo credits are on the terms page.