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Permanent Galleries & Installations Level 2

Life in Singapore: The Past 100 Years Spanning the past 100 years, these four galleries – Modern Colony, Surviving Syonan, Growing Up and Voices of Singapore – present snapshots of everyday life throughout [OLKPɈLYLU[LYHZPU :PUNHWVYL»ZOPZ[VY`

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Singapore History Gallery The Singapore History Gallery’s updated narrative charts the development of the island as it was known through the years as :PUNHW\YHH*YV^U*VSVU`:`VUHU;VHUKÄUHSS`:PUNHWVYL;OPZ gallery chronicles Singapore’s journey from our earliest beginnings 700 years ago to the colonial days, the Japanese Occupation and WVZ[^HYZ[Y\NNSLZHUK[V[OLNSVIHSJP[`^LLUQV`[VKH`

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Goh Seng Choo Gallery: A Voyage of Love and Longing Voyage through the Malay Archipelago during the 19th century with a new selection of drawings from the William Farquhar Collection of 5H[\YHS/PZ[VY`+YH^PUNZ9L[YHJLLTV[PVUZL_WLYPLUJLKK\YPUN[OL QV\YUL`HUKKPZJV]LYOV^[OLYLNPVU»ZÅVYHHUKMH\UHHYLMLH[\YLK PU[HSLZVMSV]LHUKSVUNPUNPU[OL4HSH`^VYSK@V\JHUL]LUZLUK digital postcards from the sea to your loved ones, and take part in an online interactive game to chart your own sea adventure!

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Wings of a Rich Manoeuvre Watch the chorus of eight kinetic chandeliers that “sing” with movement as they sway in a dramatic mid-air choreography of light! Story of the Forest by teamLab

Level 2, Glass Rotunda

Story of the Forest This larger-than-life interactive digital art installation is inspired by the museum’s prized William Farquhar Collection of Natural History Drawings, and was created by internationally renowned Japanese art JVSSLJ[P]L[LHT3HI0[\[PSPZLZJ\[[PUNLKNL[LJOUVSVN`[V[YHUZMVYT 69 drawings from the collection into animated illustrations, which come to life and interact with visitors as they make their way down [OL.SHZZ9V[\UKH

Wings of a Rich Manoeuvre by Suzann Victor

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