Children's Season 2016
Chase down some fun this June during our annual Children's Season! From 28 May to 26 June 2016, bring your young ones and the young-at-heart on a trip to discover heritage, art, culture, and science, as well as other everyday aspects of life in Singapore. With dedicated children's exhibitions and interactive activities to delight and enlighten, including Masak Masak at the National Museum of Singapore, Once Upon a Time in Asia: The Missing Mouse at the Asian Civilisations Museum, and Shaking It With Shakespeare at the Singapore Philatelic Museum, we promise a fun time for all! So put on your explorer's boots and get ready to embark on the ninth edition of the much-loved Children's Season. For information, please visit www.museums.com.sg/cs16.
Festival highlights:
• Masak Masak 2016
Venue: National Museum of Singapore
Date: 28 May 2016 to 31 July 2016
Time: 10am to 6pm
Free admission
Children's Season at the National Museum of Singapore returns with another fun-filled festival to celebrate the joys of being a child! Join us at Masak Masak 2016 as we embark on another journey with Baby Block to make a new friend. Immerse yourselves in a colourful world of interactive installations, activities and workshops that are specially curated for the whole family. The activities are suitable for children aged three to seven, so treat your young ones to a fun day out at the museum!
• Once Upon A Time in Asia: The Missing Mouse
Venue: Asian Civilisations Museum
Date: 28 May to 11 September 2016
Time: 10am to 5pm
Free admission
Recommended for children ages 7 to 12, and for the young at heart
Are you ready to search for the missing mouse? Experience a story about friendship and adventure in the museum as you join Ganesha on his hunt for his best friend, Mr Mouse! Explore meandering mazes, paths and passages, to track him down. Create your own adventure in the museum. This exhibition is based on the Asian Civilisations Museums' first children's book, The Missing Mouse. Through hands-on activities, workshops, programmes, and tours, you can learn more about animals – both real and mythical – in Asian art. Have an enjoyable with the whole family at this exhibition for both children and the young at heart.
For more details, please visit www.acm.org.sg .
• Balloon Bonanza @ Heritage Institutions (HIs)
Venue: Permanent Galleries of the following HIs*
o Indian Heritage Centre
o Malay Heritage Centre
o Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Date: 4 June – 12 June 2016
Time: 10am to 5pm
Come join us for the Balloon Bonanza at the Heritage Institutions this Children's Season with your little ones! Explore creative and unique balloon sculptures created by well-known local balloon artist, Lily Tan, inspired by artefacts in the three Heritage Institutions.
*Admission charges apply for the respective galleries. Free admission for Singaporeans & PRs.
• Straits Family Sunday: Manek Manek (Bead Bead)
Venue: Peranakan Museum
Date: 12 June 2016
Time: 1pm to 5pm
Free admission
Have fun this June with beads! Learn how to bead your own badge, enjoy a dramatization of a popular children's book, and be mesmerized by a demonstration of Peranakan beading by expert Bebe Seet. Learn more about beadwork and embroidery with our specially crafted tours for kids.
• Heritage Hunt @ SYSNMH
Venue: Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Date: 18 & 19 June 2016
Time: 10am to 5pm
Free admission
Go on a Heritage Hunt and search for the hidden treasure by collecting clues at various activity stations. During the hunt, participants will get to learn fun facts about Chinese heritage and history. This programme will also enable participants to learn more about Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall's special exhibition on the history and development of Chinese newspapers in Singapore titled Early Chinese Newspapers in Singapore (1881–1942).
• Cadets, Fall In! 2016
Venue: Army Museum of Singapore
Date: 28 May to 26 June 2016
Dates and times of activities may vary
ATTENTION! Listen up, boys and girls! In this installation of 'Cadets Fall In' programme, learn about Army life through an outdoor 'Survival!' field camp, a laser tag game mission, and our Special Exhibition. Also, bring out the 'garang' soldier in you, by donning one of our child-sized uniforms, complete with accessories. Enjoy a fun-filled experience for children of all ages.
• Learn & Play @ CHC
Venue: Chinese Heritage Centre
Date: 11 June 2016
Time: 9am to 4pm
Enjoy a day of fun-filled activities such as storytelling by Robot Edgar and artiste Chen Zhao Jin, harmonica performance by veteran Soon John Kwang, and Chinese painting workshop by artist Li Chenxia at Learn & Play @ CHC. Join Mandarin and English guided tours of Chinese More or Less Exhibition and Nantah Pictorial Exhibition. A door gift will be given to every child.
o Storytelling: 10am to 12pm | Harmonica performance: 1pm
o Chinese painting workshop: 3pm
o Mandarin guided tour: 9am | English guided tour: 2pm
• Children's Season @ Gan Heritage Centre
Venue: Gan Heritage Centre
Dates: Saturdays, 11 and 18 June
Time: 11am to 5pm
Join Gan Heritage Centre this Children's Season and take part in some educational fun! Enjoy themed exhibition board games and learn about Singapore's landmarks, Confucius values, differences between Chinese and English kinship terms, and the evolution and structures of Chinese words. Children can also participate in a calligraphy workshop, where they will learn how to use a Chinese brush to write characters in the Yan style, or delight in a colouring activity, perfect for budding doodlers.
• Power Up with Fruits and Vegetables!
Venue: HealthZone
Dates: 30 May to 3 June 2016
Time: 9am to 1pm
* per participant
Explore the secrets to good health at HealthZone – Singapore's unique healthy lifestyle exhibition centre. Featuring exciting game stations as well as an art-and-craft workshop, Power up with fruit and vegetables! is an interactive 2-hour programme where participants will embark on a fun-filled adventure while gaining insights into healthy eating.
*Includes admission to HealthZone
• Land Transport Festival: Walk, Cycle, Ride (WCR)
Venue: Land Transport Gallery
Date: 28 May 2016
Time: 2pm to 4pm
Join our annual Land Transport Festival this Children's Season for a day of fun, food and facts on active mobility. Be a part of our Walk Cycle Ride Movement through a trail, rides and exhibits. You can also check out and purchase unique merchandise at Knackstop at our popup store.
*Visitors may wish to bring their personal mobile devices to participate in the optional trail available.
• Build a Kaleidoscope
Venue: Mint Museum of Toys
Dates: 29 May & 5, 12, 19 June 2016
Time: 12pm to 3pm
.50 per pax
7 to 12 years old
See the world in different colours! Learn how to build your own Kaleidoscope using recycled and everyday materials. Fun and interactive, discover toy-making and imaginative during this open session. Participating kaleidoscope-builders will also get to explore the colourful world of vintage toys in the museum. Children below 7 years old can participate with parent's accompaniment.
Visitors can drop in anytime between 12pm to 3pm for the session. Facilitation will be available.
• Workshops: Introduction to Chinese Ink Painting
Venue: NUS Museum, ST Lee Atrium
Date: 4 & 11 June and 18 & 25 June (repeat sessions)
Time: 11am to 1.30pm
per parent and child pair* (Registration required)
7 to 12 years old
This June, learn the traditional Chinese art form of ink painting in our Introduction to Chinese Ink Painting workshops. Parents and children will be introduced to the history of Chinese ink painting before learning basic brush techniques and painting objects such as bamboo, birds and flowers. In the second session, you will learn how to capture the spirit of a subject with contemporary brush techniques. A greater emphasis will be placed on brush control and composition of your ink painting. At the end of the workshop, each team will bring home their own unique work!
• I want to be a policeman!
Venue: Police Heritage Centre, Police HQ
Dates & Times:
o Thursdays: 2, 9, 16 and 23 June
o Fridays: 3, 10, 17, 24 June | Saturdays: 11 and 25 June
o Weekdays: 10am, 11.30am, 2.30pm, 4pm
o Weekends: 9.30am, 11am
*Tours strictly by appointment only
Treat your child to a memorable time at the Police Heritage Centre! Young visitors will get to wear kid-sized police uniforms, and take part in photo-taking sessions with real police officers as well as a retro-fitted police radio car, which was deployed to the scene of crime in the 1970s! For a complete learning experience, kids will receive interesting activity game booklets, and stand a chance to win attractive prizes by participating in a drawing competition. Don't forget to share your photos and tag them with #IWantToBeAPoliceman and #ILOVEPHC.
For registration, please call 6478 2123 or email SPF_Police_Heritage@spf.gov.sg
• My Fair City
Venue: Singapore City Gallery, White Room (3rd Storey)
Date: 28 May & 11, 25 June 2016
Time: 10.30am to 11.30am
For registration and enquiries, please call 6321 8321 or email Ura_gallery@ura.gov.sg. Limited to 25 pax per session.
Why are there five airports and air bases in our city? What does it mean to be a city and a country? Why are there three skyscrapers on our beautiful skyline, all of them the tallest in Singapore and all the same height? Find out the answers to these questions, and listen to other amazing stories about our city and its design at My Fair City.
• ASEAN Pulse
Venue: Singapore Discovery Centre
Dates: Now till 26 June 2016
Come join us at the S'pore Discovery Centre to celebrate the ASEAN spirit friendships! Explore the bazaar with 10 ASEAN Country Pavilions and discover the diverse range of goods that each country produces for the region and the global market. Appreciate the wealth and economic potential of ASEAN; and understand the importance of cooperation and friendships with our neighbours.
o International Friendship Day (IFD) Special Weekend
Venue: Singapore Discovery Centre Lobby
Dates: 28 & 29 May 2016
Craft and Booth activities: 11am to 5pm
Performances: 12.30pm to 2pm
Come with your friends and families to celebrate the spirit of international friendship! Enjoy cultural performances and demonstrations at our Lobby on this special weekend and interact with friends from all around the world. You may be treated to samples of traditional food or delights from these countries through our signature 'Culture Bites' programme.
• Children's Season @ Singapore Sports Museum
Venue: Singapore Sports Museum
Date: 29 May to 26 June 2016
Time:
o Weekdays: 10 am to 8pm
o Weekends, Eve of Public Holidays & Public Holidays: 10am to 9pm
Free (Singapore Citizens and PRs)
Do you think you can run faster than Hussain Bolt and jump higher than Michael Jordan? Challenge yourself this Children's Season at Singapore Sports Museum! Learn what it takes to be a coach, design a stadium, medal and trophy, and reflect on the values of excellence, respect and friendship through the destinies of athletes, who are champions in unique ways.
• Gallery Trail: "I am a Science Explorer"
Venue: Science Centre Singapore
Date & Time: Daily, 10am to 5pm
6 to 10 years old
Science Centre admission charges apply
Bring out the explorer in you! Pick up a copy of the "I am a Science Explorer" Gallery Trail booklet at Science Centre's main entrance. Explore the galleries and complete the trail to be rewarded with a cool souvenir* from us.
*One souvenir only for each completed trail booklet. Redemption of completed trail booklets will be from 10.15am to 5.45pm at the Visitor Services Centre. While stocks last.
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