ArtScience Museum
A lotus-shaped museum at Marina Bay whose ten petals collect rainwater and channel it into a pool in the centre.
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Moshe Safdie designed the ArtScience Museum as a hand or a lotus, ten curved fingers of white fibre-reinforced polymer rising from a round base, and it works hydrologically as well as visually: rainwater runs off the petals into a central oculus and falls twenty-four metres into a reflecting pool inside. It opened in 2011 with exhibitions built around the meeting of art and science, and its long-running Future World installation by teamLab fills the lower galleries.
What you actually see
- The petal form - ten curved fingers collecting rain into a central waterfall.
- Future World - the teamLab digital installation in the permanent galleries.
- The changing exhibitions - shows built around art, science and technology.
- The Marina Bay setting - the building on the waterfront beside the Sands.
When to go
Year round; the museum opens daily and is busiest at weekends and school holidays. Booking online avoids queues. Evening visits are quieter.
Honest expectations
Entry is expensive and the permanent digital installation is the bulk of what most visitors see. Future World is crowded and timed entry is often needed. What is showing in the temporary galleries varies a great deal.
Nearby
Marina Bay Sands is beside it, and Gardens by the Bay is south.
What to pack for ArtScience Museum
Chosen from what this place is for. Tap a kit for the full checklist.
Opening times, ticket prices and seasonal closures change - check the official source before you go: official site.
