Singapore Musical Box Museum

Singapore Musical Box Museum (1 August 2017)


Singapore Musical Box Museum (GPS: 1.28083, 103.84746) is a speciality museum in downtown Singapore. The museum, which is located on Telok Ayer Street next to Thian Hock Keng Temple, is housed in a 2-storey wooden building. It houses a collection of some forty European as well as Asian versions of music boxes from the 19th and 20th centuries.

The building housing the Singapore Musical Box Museum itself is of historic significance. It was the Chong-Wen Ge, or Institute for the Veneration of Literature, the first educational institution to be set up by the Chinese community in Singapore, dating to 1849. That institution occupies an octagonal pagoda which is still standing today. Then, in 1915, the Chong Hock Girls' School was founded, and occupies the temple pavilion until the 1970s.

Address

Singapore Musical Box Museum
168 Telok Ayer Street,
Singapore 068619
Phone: +65 9864 6021

The museum is open every day except Friday, from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm.

Taking the MRT to Singapore Musical Box Museum

On foot, Singapore Musical Box Museum is 260 meters on foot to Telok Ayer MRT Station (DT18).

Singapore Musical Box Museum is on the Map of Telok Ayer Street, Singapore

Singapore Musical Box Museum (1 August 2017)


Singapore Musical Box Museum (1 August 2017)


Singapore Musical Box Museum (1 August 2017)


Singapore Musical Box Museum (1 August 2017)


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