PROGRAMME
Learn about the interconnectedness of art and science using emerging technology and creative expression. Through a diverse range of programmes that embrace interdisciplinary collaboration, creative problem-solving and environmental care, ArtScience Laboratory is a dedicated space for visitors to discover new concepts, navigate global challenges and share ideas to shape the future.
What to Expect: Creative activities and hands-on explorations across diverse themes and platforms to learn new skills.
Join Us: All learners are welcome, from preschool to tertiary education, families, and visiting groups.
Five Themes: ArtScience Laboratory’s programmes are organised into five themes that span inspiring workshops, creative activities, engineering explorations, sustainability initiatives and wellness sessions.
Discover more about the themes and workshops below.
Sun – Thu: 11am – 7pm
Fri & Sat: 11am – 9pm
Be inspired by the creative practice and scientific understanding of iconic Art-Scientists whose research, practices and projects bridge the worlds of art and science. Discover how these Art-Scientists express science concepts through creative technology and inventive artworks.
This series examines the work of selected Art-Scientists, using activities and creative design challenges to understand scientific principles and reflect how science and art practices are intertwined.
Inspired By: Olafur Eliasson – Colour and Light: Delve into experiments with light and colour, inspired by the art installations of Icelandic-Danish artist, Olafur Eliasson.
Inspired By: Theo Jansen – Motion: Explore the design and mechanics of simple automata, inspired by Dutch artist and engineer Theo Jansen’s wind-powered kinetic sculptures known as Strandbeests.
Inspired By: Patricia Piccinini – Genetics: Be inspired by Australian contemporary artist Patricia Piccinini’s works which imagines futures where genetically modified organisms coexists with humans. Create a hybrid creature while learning about genetics, evolution and the ethics of biotechnologies.
Spark interest in science and engineering topics using creative play and hands-on learning.
This series invites visitors to be both thinkers and makers. Visitors can put on their thinking caps and get engaged with seemingly daunting areas of science and technology through a fun and playful interdisciplinary lens.
Let’s Learn Artificial Intelligence with Games: Get to know generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) through games and interactive activities that demonstrate how AI mimics human intelligence.
Let's Learn Particle Physics with LEGO: Transform abstract concepts of particle physics into tangible experiments using hands-on play with LEGO blocks to represent subatomic particles—the building blocks of our universe.
Learn new creative skills using hands-on artistic techniques and digital technologies.
This series is focused on lifelong learning in an ever-evolving world. Visitors can explore both tactile and digital skills through hands-on workshops where they will take away a new skill and an original creation.
Create a Digital Model: Dive into the world of digital modelling by using 3D scanning and surface painting technologies to transform real-world objects into customised digital sculptures.
Create an Eco-Friendly Bag: Learn about plastics and sustainability practices and how to use simple sewing skills to craft your own eco-friendly bag made from recycled materials.
Discover our interconnectedness to nature and our role as an environmental steward of the future. Rooted in ArtScience Museum’s ethos of sustainability, engage with pressing global environmental issues–from biodiversity loss to sustainable development.
This series brings visitors into new environments to reflect on sustainability issues and inspire environmental responsibility. Through emotional and experiential learning, visitors can address environmental challenges and equip themselves with knowledge and skills to contribute to a more sustainable future.
We Are Nature Too: Embark on a physical and digital exploration of ArtScience Museum through a nature art trail and workshop to deepen our appreciation for nature and understand how we impact the world around us.
Sustainability in Design: Learn about environmentally conscious design through a tour of the museum, followed by a reflective activity, anchored around how the design of ArtScience Museum contributes to its sustainability efforts.
Tap into the ‘ABCs’ of wellness, care and compassion through creativity and scientific understanding.
This series bridges the cognitive and emotional, emphasising the importance of mental wellness. Visitors will learn about human psychology, well-being practices and mental wellness through tangible and accessible creative activities.
ArtScience Laboratory’s programmes are available for school and corporate bookings.
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WORKSHOP
We Are Nature Too
Selected Sat
11am – 12pm
Ripple Room, ArtScience Laboratory, Basement 2
Suitable for 10 years old and up
WORKSHOP
Create an Eco-Friendly Bag
Selected Sat
11am - 12.30pm
Ripple Room, ArtScience Laboratory, Basement 2
Suitable for 10 years old and up
5pm - 7pm
Media Lab, ArtScience Laboratory, Basement 2
Complimentary screening
The Grey Matter Series is an extension of the videos presented in Mirror Mirror: Journey Into the Mind.
Drop-in: Quick, Draw!
1 – 30 Sep
Quick, Draw! is a game built with machine learning where you draw, and a neural network tries to guess what you're drawing. Millions of players have contributed millions of drawings that now form the world's largest doodling dataset.
Image credit: Google Creative Lab
Drop-in: Design a Solar City
20, 27 Sep | 2pm – 5pm
Drop by and design your own solar city using circuity and solar panels at the lily ponds around ArtScience Museum.
Drop-in: Stamp Up for Singapore
8 Aug
Show your love for Singapore by designing a postcard using stamps featuring local icons such as our beloved Satay Uncle, our national flower — Vanda Miss Joaquim, and our undying love for bubble tea!
Drop-in: Art Jam: Colours of Singapore
8 Aug
Art Jam returns with a special National Day edition! For just $8 per canvas, you can express your love for this country by painting what you cherish most about Singapore.
All painting materials will be provided – perfect for a solo activity or you can bring your loved one and jam together.
Drop-in: Floral Fame: Make Your Own Frida-inspired Headpiece
Weekdays, from 29 May – 28 Jun
Frida Kahlo’s iconic flower crowns were one of the many ways she used to express her culture and set herself apart from the crowd. Using craft materials, make your own Frida Kahlo-inspired headpiece that reflects yourself or the icon in your life!
This drop-in is offered as a part of Frida Forever, ArtScience Museum’s season of celebrating the life and legacy of Mexican artist, Frida Kahlo.
Drop-in: Sarong Styles
Weekdays, 8 – 30 Apr
Find out more about the Malay sarong and the different ways it can be personalised to suit your style in this drop-in activity. Try your hand at tying a sarong with the simple instructions provided.
This drop-in activity is offered as a companion programme for Goddess: Brave. Bold. Beautiful. Visit the exhibition to view some of the iconic sarongs that have graced the silver screen!
Drop-in: Create Your Own Martian Animation
Weekdays in Jan, Feb and Mar 2024
Moving to Mars is an adventure to tell! How would you bring this story to life? Make your own flipbook and animate your story of travelling to Mars.
Drop-in: Make Your Own Moving Digital Collage
2 & 23 Feb 2024
What images come to mind when you think of science fiction? Create your own funky animated collage inspired by the iconic bold colours and futuristic aesthetics of science fiction pulp covers in this unique drop-in!
Drop-in Sessions: Super Senses of the Wild
29 May – 27 Oct 2023
Ever wondered why some animals have really big ears or multiple eyes? Find out more how these super abilities help animals survive in the wild through our crafty drop-in sessions.
Ocean Imagineer Drop-in Sessions
22 & 29 Apr 2023
Design, build and sail your own sea-worthy vessel, inspired by the ideas of Cesar Jung-Harada, at ArtScience Museum’s lily ponds!
Utilising provided modular technology and everyday materials, tap on your creativity and craft your own boat of the future.
Drop-in Session: Make Your Own Sustainable Transportation
3 – 7 Jul | 10 – 14 Jul | 17 – 21 Jul | 24 – 28 Jul 2023
With climate change and rising sea levels threatening to change our way of life, we have to adapt to new modes of transport in our future. Let's reimagine and build our own sustainable transportation!
Drop-in Session: My Mini Sound Machine
13 – 17 Mar 2023
How would you recreate the roaring thunder or the pitter-patter of rain? Show your creativity and make your own little machine that mimics the sounds of nature.
Let’s Unpack This with Happiness Initiative
21 Feb (Tue) 2023
Join social enterprise Happiness Initiative in this in-gallery programme of conversational card games that encourages constructive, honest conversations about mental health.
Make Your Own Hybrid Friend
30 Dec 2022, 27 Jan 2023
This drop-in encourages young visitors to ponder and imagine the future. How would it be like living among new species?
Using an array of materials provided, participants will create their own little hybrid friend to bring home!
Make Your Own Craft Microphone
1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 11, 15, 16, 17, 25 Dec 2022
19, 20, 29, 30 Dec 2022
2 & 3 Jan 2023
Mic check, 1, 2, 3! Come join us this holiday season to decorate and make your own craft microphone using a range of recycled materials.
Bring out the inner singing sensation in you and get ready to sing along to your favourite songs as part of Doesn’t it Feel Like Christmas film programme at ArtScience Museum.
Postcards from the Heart
1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16 Dec 2022
If you could express yourself on a blank postcard, how would it look like?
Write a message to someone or pen down your thoughts for another stranger to read. We hope to extend a channel of hope for visitors to share their stories through art. What is your story? Come, share with us!
Storytelling Sessions: The Ocean Gardener
22 Sep, 12 Oct
Join our ArtScientist-In-Residence Cesar Jung-Harada in exploring what it means to live in harmony with the ocean!
Participants can be inspired by the story of an ocean gardener who saves a coral reef and craft animal and human puppets who could live together in an Ocean City as imagined by Cesar.
Digital Discoveries: Creating with Generative AI
31 Aug, 7, 14 Sep | 10.30am – 12pm
Get hands-on with how artificial intelligence 'sees’ and ‘creates’ and learn how to effectively craft prompts and use artificial intelligence to generate your own creations!
This activity involves the use of an iPad. All equipment is provided.
What is Generative AI?
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) describes algorithms that can create new content, including audio, code, images, text, and videos based on data they were trained on.
Digital Discoveries: 3D Scanning and Painting
6, 13 Sep | 2.30pm – 4pm
Explore using 3D-scanning technology to create digital models and bring them to life with vibrant colours and textures.
This activity involves the use of an iPad and Apple Pencil with version 5.3.7 of the app Procreate. All equipment is provided.
What is 3D Scanning and Painting?
3D scanning is a process of analysing an object from the real world to digitally recreate its shape and appearance. The surface of these digital models can be painted using a digital art software.
Mixed Media Mirror: Frida-inspired Reflective Art Masterclass with DODO STUDIO
27 Jul (Sat), 2.30pm – 5.30pm
Explore how art can be a means for self-discovery and reflection through a drawing and mixed media collage workshop with DODO STUDIO.
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Procreate Portraits: Digital Art Masterclass with Stephanie Hew
1 Jun & 6 Jul, 2.30pm – 5.30pm
Express yourself with digital art in this masterclass led by local illustrator Stephanie Hew!
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Art of You: Makeup Masterclass
18 May (Sat)
Awaken your inner “Goddess” through a makeup demonstration by professional makeup artist, Kenneth Chia and design a makeup look of your own.
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Take Your Skills High-ya! A Stunt Masterclass
26 May (Sun)
Learn the tricks of a stunt actor and how to act, strike and guard from industry professionals!
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Masterclass: Your State of Mind with Lee Yi Xuan
8 Oct 2022 & 7 Jan 2023
How do you express your feelings when there are no words to describe them? What if drawing circles could be the solution?
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Masterclass: Imagining Chimeras with Daniel Yu
29 Oct 2022 & 14 Jan 2023
Want to get into sculpting and learn how to create your own hybrid creature? Singaporean sculptor, Daniel Yu will share basic sculpting and painting techniques in this fun workshop.
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Masterclass: Sneaker Collage with Tell Your Children
13 May & 2 Jun
What is the future of sneakers? Participate in masterclasses led by Tell Your Children and build your own futuristic sneakers using recycled materials to inspire creative thinking through making.
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Clay Bouquet Masterclass with Soe Yu Nwe
22 Oct (Sun)
Let your creativity bloom and sculpt your own clay bouquet in a pottery masterclass by artist Soe Yu Nwe.
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Write-in with Natalie Wang
2 Dec (Sat), 2pm – 5pm
Become a modern myth maker in this creative writing session with local author Natalie Wang.
Deep Field by Tin&Ed
16 – 26 Nov
Deep Field is a new immersive art experience by celebrated Australian artists and creative technologists Tin Nguyen and Edward Cutting, aka Tin&Ed.
From Plastics to Fab Bags
3 Jul (Mon), 2pm – 4pm
Learn how single-use plastic bags can be upcycled into ‘fabric’ and use it to create your own personalised bag!
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Mini Holiday Camp: Make Your Own Sun Goggles
13 Mar (Mon), 10.15am – 12.45pm
Learn the wonders of light and colour through a series of hands-on activities that meet at the intersection of art and science.
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Mini Holiday Camp: From Plastics to Fab Bags
15 Mar (Wed), 10.15am – 12.45pm
Discover how plastic waste can be transformed and upcycled creatively. In this session, participants will make an eco bag and create a bag charm with plastic "waste".
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Mini Holiday Camp: Zine Making 101
17 Mar (Fri), 10.15am – 12.45pm
Utilising provided magazine cut-outs, coloured paper, and selected texts from Sneakertopia, tap on your creativity and craft your own unique zine.
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Dying to Write
18 Feb (Sat), 2pm – 4.30pm
Join author Clara Chow in a creative writing workshop relating to our memories of and attitudes towards death and dying.
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Scores for Caregiving
26 Feb (Sun), 2 – 6pm
Scores for Caregiving offers a movement workshop co-facilitated by artist Alecia Neo and caregivers from the project Between Earth and Sky, and a participatory installation open to non-workshop attendees.
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Wellness Wednesdays with Singapore Association for Mental Health
7 Sep 2022, 5 Oct 2022, 4 Jan 2023 & 1 Feb 2023
ArtScience Museum is collaborating with Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH) on a series of art and wellness workshops on selected Wednesdays.
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Mental Health for All
1 – 28 Oct 2022
Across the month of October, take time to focus on your mental health with simple activities you can do and programmes you can take part in at ArtScience Museum.
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Creative Recharge – Holiday Programmes
Holidays are always a great time at ArtScience Museum. Come join us to recharge while participating in a wide range of programmes to unleash your creativity.
Watch this space to be the first to know of the upcoming holiday programmes!
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Making Nothing out of Something at All with Kelly Limerick
30 Apr – 1 May 2022
Join Kelly Limerick for an 'Unmaking' workshop, and give yourself the permission to slow down and focus on the Now with finger knitting.
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Mini Holiday Camp: Surface Tension Art
16 – 17 Mar, 13 – 14 Apr, 1 – 2 Jun 2022
Join us on an experimental workshop to explore how "bacteria and viruses" react with soap. While you are at it, create a psychedelic print which you can bring home!
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Mini Holiday Camp: Digital Art
5 & 6 Apr 2022
Venture into the world of art and technology this holiday at ArtScience Museum. A half-day camp with an interactive workshop and immersive play awaits you!
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Mini Holiday Camp: Ready, Get Set, Play!
7 & 23 Dec 2022
Hop on an adventure where you can draw and bring your ideas to life, in this half-day camp themed around video games.
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Mini Holiday Camp: All About Sounds
23 & 30 Nov 2022
This school holiday, head over to ArtScience Museum to experience a myriad of ways to explore sounds - how we see sound, feel sound and be sound.
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Circuitry Drawing – Sound Workshop by Zul Mahmod
13 & 14 Nov 2022
Unravel the mystery of sound with circuitry drawing in this workshop with renowned sound-media artist, Zul Mahmod.
Participants will explore the use of different materials and medium in sound art, such as using line drawings to create sound pieces with electronic components.
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G.R.E.A.T. Book Club
4 Sep 2022
Join us for a fun debate and discussion at Singapore's only bi-monthly kid's book club that explores the impact of technology on society! The G.R.E.A.T. Book Club is open to kids and parents who want to understand how technology such as robotics, artificial intelligence and 3D printing, will impact our world so that we can shape these forces to bring about a more sustainable and more ethical planet.
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Tote Bag Printing with Tell Your Children
18 Jun & 16 Jul 2022
Learn more about silkscreen printing in this up-close and personal workshop session with local creative studio Tell Your Children.
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G.R.E.A.T. Book Club
29 May 2022
Join us for a lively discussion at Singapore's only bi-monthly book club that explores the impact of technology on society!
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Tinker with Trashure
13 & 14 Mar 2022
Inspired by Mandy Barker’s work, let us reflect on our waste patterns by creating an artwork of recycled trash to highlight the magnitude of what we throw away. Let’s start from home and observe our domestic waste, and let’s relook at how these items can have a second shelf life.
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Stand Up and Speak Out!
15 & 29 Mar 2022
This workshop will highlight the efforts of inspiring individuals who aim to raise awareness on various global issues including plastic pollution. Participants will make their own banner that addresses an issue or a cause of their choice. They will march around the museum to showcase their colourful banner while standing up and speaking out!
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Make Your Own Tut: Drop-in Session
27 Mar 2022
A hands-on workshop that encourages young visitors to create their own version of everybody’s favourite sea turtle, Tut. They will get creative and explore ways to upcycle discarded materials by giving it new life in this craft session.
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Make Your Own: Shrink Art with Recycled Plastics
17 & 31 Mar 2022
Discover ways to upcycle our take-out containers and make your own shrink art using recycled plastic #6. Tap into your creativity while still being environmentally friendly.
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Make Your Own: Reusable Bag
19 Mar & 2 Apr 2022
We are increasingly aware of the harm that single-use plastics can do to our environment and how we are constantly finding ways to reduce our plastic footprint. Join us as we demonstrate how to upcycle plastic bags and transform them into personalised, reusable bags for your shopping!
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G.R.E.A.T Book Club
20 Mar 2022
Join us for a fun debate and discussion at Singapore's only bi-monthly kid's book club that explores the impact of technology on society! The G.R.E.A.T. Book Club is open to kids and parents who want to understand how technology such as robotics, artificial intelligence and 3D printing, will impact our world so that we can utilise these forces to shape a more sustainable and more ethical planet.
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EXHIBITION
Future World:
Where Art Meets Science
The artwork Crystal Universe is currently closed for a rehang. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Immerse yourself in a world of art, science, magic and metaphor through a collection of digital interactive installations.
ArtScience Cinema
ArtScience Cinema is the museum’s latest screening space with specially-curated films all year round.
EVENT
EXPERIENCES
VR Gallery
Dive into a whole new Virtual Reality world and beyond in our new VR Gallery, a permanent gallery space that celebrates curiosity, innovation and experimentation through cutting-edge virtual reality artworks.
