Asian Civilisations Museum (National Monument)

Wednesday, March 5, 2014

When was this building built and for what purposes?

Our next stop is the Asian Civilization Museum! The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM), located at the historic Empress Place Building, was opened on 1 March 2003. The Empress Place Building was built in 1864-65 and it served as the city’s courthouse. New wings were added in later periods, and the number of offices housed within included the Secretariat, Audit Department, Registry of Deeds, Land Office, Public Works Department, Treasury and Stamp Office, Education Department, Medical Services Department and the offices of the Colonial Engineer, the Official Assignee and the Attorney General.  The Legislative Council had its home here for many years, in an upper room in the central building (once designated as the new Court House).

We checked out the Singapore River Interpretive Gallery on the 2nd level of the Museum which traces the history of the Singapore River that chronicles the history of the Singapore river as seen in some of these photos.

Spotted the 2015 Time Capsule too!