Housed in an old colonial building, the Singapore Art Museum at once has both an advantage and a disadvantage. The advantage is the beautiful architecture, which fits into the theme of Art, fittingly adding its ambience to the arts home of Singapore. The disadvantage is the Singapore Art Museum is only able to house a limited collection of art work... More

SAM like the other Singapore museums is worth a visit once every couple of months to catch new exhibitions. And like the other museums it is well organized and always worth dropping into if you're fond of art.

Big contemporary art lovers we never miss an opportunity to visit modern art museums the world over, maybe we are spoilt but this ,ust be the worst I have ever been to. The quality of the exhibits is woefully poor, uninspiring and lacklustre Nice building, that's about all I can say

Most of the rooms were not open. The guide was very helpful in explaining each art & some history

Too many children running wild (and I mean wild - yelling, running, touching everything). It felt like a children's museum - which would be fine, IF it were a children's museum and not the Singapore Art Museum

The Singapore Art Museum is one of the best contemporary collections of South East Asian art in the region. Its regular exhibit contains examples from all of the regions most famous artists. Changing exhibits cover many of the countries in depth.

We have visited the SAM while there where the exhibitions "Chimera" and "Innovation In Art Series". We visit modern art museums worldwide. This museum can keep up with the MOMA or the Guggenheim Bilbao. It is much samller, but the art shown is carefully selected to represent asian contemporary art. I would not be surprised to find some of the... More

Lovely modernised building - warm, but quite small (?). Some displays of art are strange - but I am not an expert. Descriptions and layout really good. Laser 'chapel' piece quite different. Seniors get small discount

Unless you hate modern art, you should enjoy this place. My top tip if you do hate modern art (here or anywhere else) is to not read the descriptions of the pieces. These will only send you into a fury. Personally, I like modern art, but not the pretentious descriptions. I like it when something is pleasing to the eye,... More