It was a lazy Saturday when we decide to venture on something educational – A museum trip for my active 5 year old boy. We took a train to Raffles place and took a nice walk along Boat Quay and pass Cavenagh Bridge.
Singapore River from Cavenagh Bridge
The walk itself is very scenic and we walk pass a number of interesting and historical statues.
Statues depicting historical scenes
At the Asian Civilization Museum, the exhibits range from pictures, multimedia and many nice props like the Fishing Boat make the exhibits interesting.
Fishing boat
There are several Explore Asian Zones. We like going in and out of this little hut.
Hut at the Explore Asian Zones
Little games like making patterns from rubble bands bring our attention to the patterns used by artists and decorators.
Rubber Band and Circle Stations
The Chinese section have some scary statues but kids have fun pretending to be Chinese opera characters.
Mannequins at the Explore Asian Zone exhibiting Chinese Culture
My boy enjoy playing with the interactive map and pretending to be traders weighing spices and rice with the weighing scale.
Weighing Scale and interactive map
These table and chairs resemble that of a tea houses in the past.
Chairs and tables depicting a tea house.
Another ExploreAsian Zone with games for kids to interact with.
Games that add to the fun for kids.
There were a special exhibit on that day and with specially designed colour stations for the kids. There are also customized stamps of different patterns where kids (and adults) can make their own bookmarks with.
Coloring Stations for kids
We love exploring the interactive flaps which can be open to reveal snippets of information about a particular exhibit.
Interactive flaps for learning and exploring
This flap opens up to show a nifty piece for information about this intricate piece of carpet.
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