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Singapore Art Museum |
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The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) is a fabulous experience to the visitors. Since, Singapore is the travelers' one of the favorite holiday destinations, this museum became very much popular. Of course, the museum worths it. This museum is considered as the first art museum which maintains the international standard. It provides various unique facilities and programs that are unavailable in other museums in Southeast Asia. The Singapore Art Museum was dedicated to the collection and display of 20th-century Singapore and Southeast Asian modern and contemporary art. The Museum houses the national art collection of Singapore and has the largest collection in 20th-century Southeast Asian art by a public institution internationally.
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The Singapore Art Museum was opened in 1996 occupying the restored 19th-century old St Joseph's institution building on Bras Basah Road. Following its first year of establishment, the Museum has brought in several international shows including :
Leonardo da Vinci :Scientist-Inventor-Artist
Tryst with Destiny : Art in Independent India
German Art :1960s to 1970s
The Origins of Modern art in France
Monet to Moore: Millennium Gift of The Sara Lee Corporation.
Moreover, The Singapore Art Museum hosts a unique collection. The art of the region is given international exposure through the Museum's traveling exhibition program. Come 2000, Sam will be spearheading its first travelling exhibition on Southeast Asian art, titled Diobok-Obok, to various international venues. There are more than 2,000 art works in the museum and the process of collecting is still going on. The authority of The Singapore Art Museum tries to make its collected items over 4,000, to make the museum largest in collection of 20th-century Southeast Asian art in the region. The Museum also curated country focus exhibitions, like :
From There to Now and Soul Ties: The Land & Her People
This exhibition is on Malaysia and Indonesia respectively.
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