Fun at the National Museum: School’s Out, Play’s In!

Join us for a full day of family programmes! Explore our galleries at your own pace and try to spot artefacts with our Early Learning Resources, keep your minds active and hands busy at our intergenerational workshops and sensory playdates, join a tour to discover interesting facts about Singapore and the world, and more!

Sensory Playdate by Home Play Singapore
10.30am & 2.30pm (1.5 hrs per session)
Goh Seng Choo Gallery & Glass Atrium, Level 2
$20 per child | Age 1.5 – 8
Join us for a fun family bonding session through sensory play at our Magic & Menace exhibition!

Intergenerational Art Jamming with Nature Sketcher Tham Pui San
3.30pm (2 hrs)
Outside Goh Seng Choo Gallery, Level 2
$10 per adult-child pair | Age 7 and above
Calling all grandparents/parents and children! Join nature sketcher Tham Pui San at the museum as he brings you through our Magic and Menace exhibition, and guides you on the techniques and skills of using crayon as a medium in drawing.

National Museum Building Tour for Families
10.30am (45 min)
Rotunda, Level 1
Free | Age 7 and above
Join us on a learning journey around the museum and discover more interesting gems about this 130-year-old building.

Drop-in Craft Activity – Friends from the Forest
10.30am – 5pm
Glass Atrium, Level 2
Free | Age 4 and above
Come pick up a colouring template and learn fun facts about some of the colourful birds commonly found in Malaysia and Singapore.

Timmy & Tammy Discover Singapore Hawker Food – Storytelling by author Lianne Ong
2.30pm & 4pm (30 min per session)
Glass Atrium, Level 2
Free | Age 4 – 8
Discover some favourite hawker dishes and popular ingredients in this engaging children’s storytelling session and teaser to our upcoming Packaging Matters exhibition in April!

Early Learning at the National Museum – 123, ABC and Colours Booklets
10am – 5pm
Glass Atrium, Level 2
$5 per set of 3 booklets | Age 1 – 6
These colourful booklets introduce pre-schoolers to our artefacts according to the themes of Numbers, Colours, and ABCs.

Moving Memories Art Installation and Activity Sheet for Families and Friends
1pm – 5pm
Gallery10, Level 1
Free
Catch our special exhibition Moving Memories, which features a selection of Yip Yew Chong’s life-sized murals. You can also pick up an Activity Sheet at the entrance and use the prompts to have some fun conversations with your family and friends!

Event Information

Fun at the National Museum: School’s Out, Play’s In!

Start date: 16/3/19 0:00
End date: 16/3/19 23:59