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Singapore ArtScience Museum
Singapore nghệ thuật khoa học viện bảo tàng
Muzium Seni Sains Singapura
சிங்கப்பூர் கலை, அறிவியல் அருங்காட்சியகம்
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;13 years ago(2011-02-17)
Location6 Bayfront Avenue,Singapore018974
DirectorHonor Harger
Public transit accessCE1DT16Bayfront
Websitewww.marinabaysands/ArtScienceMuseum

ArtScience Museumis a museum within the integrated resort ofMarina Bay Sandsin theDowntown Coreof theCentral AreainSingapore.Opened on 17 February 2011 by Singapore's prime minister,Lee Hsien Loong,it features 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

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The architecture is said to be a form reminiscent of alotus flower.[2]It is designed byMoshe Safdie.

Referred to as "The Welcoming Hand of Singapore" byLas Vegas SandschairmanSheldon 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.

  • Aerial view of ArtScience Museum
    Aerial view of ArtScience Museum
  • Night view of Singapore Art Science Museum, February 2019
    Night view of Singapore Art Science Museum, February 2019
  • ArtScience Museum at twilight
    ArtScience Museum at twilight
  • A night view of the museum photographed in February 2011
    A night view of the museum photographed in February 2011
  • View from below
    View from below
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The ArtScience Museum has 21 gallery spaces with a total area of 64,583 square feet (6,000 square meters).[citation needed]

Sustainability features

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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

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Permanent exhibition

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Since Future World there is no permanent exhibition.

Touring exhibitions

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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
Fu gian s: 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

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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 ofLeonardo da Vinci's Flying Machine, a Kongming Lantern, and a high-tech robotic fish. The museum opened with an exhibition of a collection of theBelitung shipwreckcargo, and Tang dynasty treasures that were discovered and preserved by Tilman Walterfang of Seabed Explorations NZ Ltd.

Belitung shipwreck treasure

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Tilman Walterfang and his team found the Tang dynasty artifacts in theGaspar Straitin 1998 among theBelitung 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 inNew Zealand.They were eventually purchased for around 32 millionUSD.[20][21]

An accurate reproduction of the Arab dhow ship, named TheJewel of Muscat,was presented by theSultanate of Omanto 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 ofTang dynastyexport 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 andswastikas,jars filled with spices and incense resins, bronze mirrors, thousands of glazed bowls, ewers and other fine ceramics, as well as lead ingots. Thepièce de résistanceof 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^"About ArtScience Museum".Marina Bay Sands.Archivedfrom the original on 25 June 2023.Retrieved25 June2023.
  2. ^"Design: Architecture in Bloom - Singapore's ArtScience Museum".Time.Vol. 177, no. 14. 11 April 2011. pp. 52–53.
  3. ^ab"Travel the ancient Silk Road for the first time in Asia".marinabaysands.Archivedfrom the original on 11 February 2011.Retrieved28 March2011.
  4. ^"Ninth century Tang archaeological finds go on display at Integrated Resort Marina Bay Sands' latest architectural showpiece".Archived fromthe originalon 2011-10-02.Retrieved2011-03-28.
  5. ^"Van Gogh's masterpieces come alive at Marina Bay Sands' ArtScience Museum".Archivedfrom the original on 12 April 2011.Retrieved24 April2011.
  6. ^"Explore the distorted reality of Dalí: Mind of a Genius – The Exhibition at ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands".Archivedfrom the original on 26 April 2011.Retrieved24 April2011.
  7. ^"After almost 100 Years, the Titanic arrives in Singapore at ArtScience Museum"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2011-10-27.Retrieved2011-10-20.
  8. ^"Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition, Singapore".Archived fromthe originalon 2018-10-11.Retrieved2019-05-29.
  9. ^"ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands hosts the first Cartier Time Art exhibition in Asia"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2012-05-17.Retrieved2011-10-20.
  10. ^"Largest collection of Warhol's artworks ever displayed in Singapore at ArtScience Museum"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2012-03-23.Retrieved2012-02-09.
  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 fromthe original(PDF)on 2012-05-17.
  12. ^"ArtScience Museum zooms in on Outside In: A Magnum Photos Showcase"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2012-10-05.Retrieved2012-11-09.
  13. ^"The Art of the Brick brings sculptures to life at ArtScience Museum"(PDF).
  14. ^"Fu gian s: The Blue Ocean Legacy exhibition at Marina Bay Sands opens in conjunction with the 7th World Fu gian Convention"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2013-01-21.Retrieved2012-12-26.
  15. ^"Journey to the Egyptian afterlife at ArtScience Museum with Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2013-03-19.Retrieved2013-07-10.
  16. ^"ArtScience Museum brings the story of iconic design duo Charles and Ray Eames to Singapore"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2013-09-03.Retrieved2013-07-10.
  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 fromthe original(PDF)on 2013-12-24.Retrieved2013-12-22.
  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 fromthe originalon 26 December 2008.Retrieved17 February2010.
  21. ^"CHINA MARITIME SILK ROAD MUSEUM".The Australian National University.Archivedfrom the original on 21 November 2010.Retrieved17 February2010.
  22. ^"Jewel of Muscat Website Launch".Jewel of Muscat.15 March 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 17 March 2012.Retrieved10 July2013.
  23. ^"Tang Shipwreck Treasure Singapore's Maritime Collection".YouTube.8 July 2010.Archivedfrom the original on 18 March 2015.Retrieved10 July2013.
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