Baba House

Baba House is a Peranakan terrace house built around 1895 and owned by the Wee family, a shipping family, until it was given to the National University of Singapore and restored to how it looked around 1928 using family photographs and memory. It is furnished throughout with the family's own things: blackwood furniture, ancestral altar, Peranakan porcelain, bedroom, kitchen. Visits are only by booked guided tour, which keeps numbers low and the house intact.

What you actually see

• The 1928 restoration - rooms returned to a documented moment in the family's life.
• The family furniture - the Wee family's own blackwood pieces and porcelain.
• The ancestral altar - the hall arrangement at the centre of Peranakan domestic life.
• The blue facade - the painted terrace front on Neil Road.

When to go

Year round; visits are by booked guided tour only and slots are limited, so booking well ahead is necessary. Tours run on set days. The house closes for university holidays at times.

Honest expectations

There is no drop-in access at all; without a booking you see the front door. Tours are limited in number and book out weeks ahead. Photography inside is restricted.

Nearby

Chinatown is north, and Tiong Bahru is west.