Museum
Singapore City Gallery
8 locals recommend,
Location
Singapore
Downtown Core
Tips from locals
Visitor gallery with large scaled models of the entire country (ground floor) as well as the city centre (incredibly life-like), which provide good orientation of the country for first-timers.
The gallery has more than 50 exhibits covering all aspects of Singapore’s growth, from public housing to planning the MRT network. Exhibits are interactive with lots of video, audio, and simulations.
Planning a city for nearly 5 million people to live in is no easy task, and it is the hard job of the Urban Redevelopment Authority to do this. Set up in 1974, the statutory board under the Ministry of National Development is a national urban planning authority that is of critical importance in land scarce Singapore, ensuring the most efficient and judicious allocation of land, as well as improving the city's overall quality of living and standards.
Planning a city for nearly 5 million people to live in is no easy task, and it is the hard job of the Urban Redevelopment Authority to do this. Set up in 1974, the statutory board under the Ministry of National Development is a national urban planning authority that is of critical importance in lan…