Tours at ArtScience Museum

[Postponed] Virtual Realms Guided Tours

Due to Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) and the evolving COVID-19 situation, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone this programme. If you have made a booking, we will be in touch with you shortly and a full refund will be processed. Thank you for your understanding and we apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused you. We look forward to warmly welcoming you back once the programme is rescheduled.

Join our insightful guided tour which will leave you captivated as it shows how gaming has evolved into an entirely new format. Together, we will explore video games in ways never experienced before. Virtual Realms: Videogames Transformed exhibition reimagines video games as an art form in gallery spaces. Walk into these large-scale installations that are the products of collaboration between some of the world’s renowned game developers and leading media design studios through six chosen themes. Witness how videogames can tell stories which reflect our world, challenge societal norms and ultimately bring communities together.

S$5 per participant, up to 10 participants. This tour ticket does not include exhibition entry. Same-day exhibition ticket to Virtual Realms: Videogames Transformed has to be purchased separately and presented for this tour. During the tour, participants may join the viewing gallery for various artworks.

Please note that the tour will be conducted using transmitters. All devices will be sanitised before and after each tour.

[Postponed] Virtual Realms Spotlight Tour with Dina Abdul Razak

Due to Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) and the evolving COVID-19 situation, we have taken the difficult decision to postpone this programme. If you have made a booking, we will be in touch with you shortly and a full refund will be processed. Thank you for your understanding and we apologise for any inconvenience that this may have caused you. We look forward to warmly welcoming you back once the programme is rescheduled.

Explore Virtual Realms: Videogames Transformed with Dina Abdul Razak (Assistant Manager, Programmes) who develops education programmes and interpretive activities at ArtScience Museum to create engaging, participatory experiences for visitors of all backgrounds and ages. Dina will lead visitors on an experiential walkthrough of the exhibition that showcases the exciting collaborations between game developers and media design studios, and illustrate how the large-scale, immersive installations in the six thematic realms playfully transport videogames from the screen into the galleries.

S$5 per participant, up to 10 participants. This tour ticket does not include exhibition entry. Same-day exhibition ticket to Virtual Realms: Videogames Transformed has to be purchased separately and presented for this tour. During the tour, participants may join the viewing gallery for various artworks.

Please note that the tour will be conducted using transmitters. All devices will be sanitised before and after each tour.

9 July, 4pm
23 July, 2pm
STAR WARS™ Identities Guided Tours

Journey into the Star Wars™ universe as we explore how each facet of your origins, influences and choices determine the forces that shape you. In this tour, we look at how personal choices made by iconic characters such as Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader and Yoda had helped shape their unique identities. Who would you be if you were a character from Star Wars™?

S$5 per participant. Up to 10 participants.

This tour ticket does not include exhibition entry. Same-day exhibition ticket to Star Wars™ Identities has to be purchased separately and presented for this tour.
 

Please note that the tour will be conducted using transmitters. All devices will be sanitised before and after each tour.

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30 Apr & 14 May, 4pm
Architecture of ArtScience Museum Guided Tours

Take a tour with us to find out more about the iconic structure of ArtScience Museum and how its location had shaped its architectural plans. In this tour, you can also look forward to learning about some of the eco-friendly and sustainability features within the museum!

This tour is complimentary. Up to 10 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.

7 May, 4pm
Future World Guided Tours

Journey through an immersive world of art, science, culture and technology with us and discover thought-provoking ideas and themes behind this exciting digital interactive installation created in collaboration with teamLab, an interdisciplinary art collective.

Complimentary to ticket-holders of Future World: Where Art Meets Science exhibition. Up to 10 participants on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please note that the tour will be conducted using transmitters. All devices will be sanitized before and after each tour.

25 Jun

Virtual Tour: Virtual Realms

View Virtual Realms: Videogames Transformed through the eyes of our Education Specialist, Radhiah, as she takes you through six immersive realms - each designed by leading game designers and media design studios.

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18 Dec

Virtual Tour: Margins

Join Senior Museum Ambassador, Eileen, to learn about the overlooked margins between our external and internal selves, the fluidity and variety of a home and how real and imagined boundaries affect those on the other side of them.

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30 Nov

Virtual Tour: Planet or Plastic?

Want to learn more about the global plastic pollution crisis and its impact on our environment? Join our Museum Ambassador, Diona, on a virtual tour through our Planet or Plastic?  exhibition.

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Virtual Tour: Women of STEAM

Throughout history, women have made huge contributions in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM). Find out more with Marilia as we look at some powerful women whose works had been previously exhibited in the museum. Be inspired to make the littlest change and chase your dreams as we recognise the work of these women.

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16 Oct

Virtual Tour: Scream Scenes!

ArtScience Museum is usually full of friendships and fun, but things may get a little spooky this Halloween season. Curl up in a blanket, lower the lights and be ready to learn about the stories behind some of the spookiest artefacts that the museum was home to.

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25 Sep

Insights Tour: Wind Walkers - Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests

Join us on our first virtual Insights Tour featuring Charleen Leo from ArtScience Museum’s Exhibition team. She will bring us on an immersive walkthrough of one of our favourite exhibitions, Wind Walkers: Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests. 

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4 Sep

Virtual Tour: Did You See My Cat?

Meet Marilia, our Museum Ambassador as she shares more about the different cats that have catwalked through our Museum doors. They include the fantastical, mysterious and even those in the Afterlife (not for the scaredy cat)!

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21 Aug

Virtual Tour: Art with Diverse Perspectives

In this episode of Virtual Tour, join Steven as he highlights artworks that celebrate diverse perspectives and reflect on how some artwork challenge the conventional misnomers about marginalised groups.

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24 July

Virtual Tour: Spectacular Species

In this episode of Virtual Tour series, revisit some spectacular species from our past exhibitions that many of you may have fond memories of.

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Virtual Tour: Earth & Beyond

Join our Museum Ambassador, Josephine, on an adventure across various exhibitions to gain a deeper understanding of how space exploration continues to intrigue humans even until today.

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Virtual Tour: 2219 Futures Imagined (Survival)

Follow our Museum Ambassador, Diona, on a journey to discover the survival skills used by various species to adapt to the future.

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Virtual Tour: ArtScience Museum’s Architecture

Find out more about ArtScience Museum’s iconic structure in the third episode of our Virtual Tour series. Take a tour with our Museum Ambassador, Eileen, as she shares some of the sustainability features within the museum!

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Virtual Tour: Future World

Join Museum Ambassador, Josephine on a tour through our permanent exhibition, Future World: Where Art Meets Science in the second episode of our Virtual Tours.

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Virtual Tour: 2219 Futures Imagined

In the first episode of our Virtual Tour series, let our Museum Ambassador, Eileen take you through the highlights of our 2219: Futures Imagined exhibition.

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Eileen

Driven by her passion of meeting new people, Eileen enjoys providing guided tours to discuss insights, share stories and exchange ideas across themes spanning the exhibitions.

Diona

Coupled with a keen interest in history, culture and art, Diona’s bubbly and energetic personality shines through during tours as she discusses the myriad of lenses through which we view museum exhibitions.

Marilia

Known for her nurturing disposition and her undisputed passion in arts and science, Marilia guarantees a safe and encouraging learning space during her tours.

Rad

Having a passionate love for the arts and language, Rad shares her humble perspectives in her tours, encouraging visitors to think differently about their experiences.

Guest Guides

Interact with the Museum’s directors, curators, exhibition producers, registrars and guest interpreters as they share compelling stories from our exhibitions in our spotlight tours.