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Programmes For Schools

Our gallery is open daily from 10am – 8pm.

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SELF GUIDED

Educators may lead students to explore the SINGAPO人 exhibition independently. Requests must be sent at least three weeks prior to your date of visit. Each session may accommodate a minimum of 20 and a maximum of 40 students.

Tour Times:
2pm – 8pm (Monday)
10am – 8pm (Tuesday to Friday)

Self-guided tours are free.

Book for up to 80 students here. A booking tutorial can be found here.

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GUIDED

Embark on an interactive learning journey around the SINGAPO人 exhibition led by our trained facilitators. Choose from specially designed guided tours, with themes ranging from identity, to history, and experience a new way of learning outside the classroom.

Submit a booking request via our form here.

Please note that all bookings are subjected to the availability of our facilitators.

 

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GUIDED WITH WORKSHOP

Learn more about Chinese Singaporean culture from our trained facilitators as they take students on a guided tour of the SINGAPO人 exhibition. Complete your session with an exciting hands-on workshop inspired by the exhibition. Choose from programmes which have been specially developed to offer students a holistic learning experience. Students can express their creativity and originality through a range of activities from craft making to art techniques, to music-making and songwriting.

Submit a booking request via our form here.

Please note that all bookings are subjected to the availability of our facilitators.

 

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PARTNERSHIP PROJECTS

For educators, tertiary institutions, organisations, and agencies interested in collaborating with us on potential education partnerships, please write to us at education@singaporeccc.org.sg.

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Programmes For General Public

SELF GUIDED

Are you a parent with a young child? Pick up a copy of THE SINGAPO人 HUNT Little Explorer to explore the exhibition with your little ones where you can look for magical shadows and hunt for that chou chou pillow. For older children (10 years and above), grab a copy of The Great SINGAPO人 Adventure and get your pencil ready for some crossword puzzles and drawing activities.

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FREE WEEKEND GUIDED TOURS

English tour: 3pm (Saturday and Sunday)
Mandarin tour: 4pm (Saturday and Sunday)

These tours are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Visitors may walk-in and register at the front desk on Level 2. Each tour is limited to 20 participants (excluding the docent).

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FREE GROUP GUIDED TOURS

The group guided tour is free for social welfare organisations and SCCC partners. Virtual guided tours are also available.

To make a booking request, fill up the Group Visit Form and send it to us at guidedtour@singaporeccc.org.sg. Tour requests must be sent at least four weeks prior to date of tour commencement. Each physical tour may accommodate a maximum of 20 persons and virtual tour may accommodate to a maximum of 100 persons.

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THEMATIC PROGRAMMES

Interested to know more about local food and Chinese festivals? Suitable for families, new citizens and non-Singaporeans, these themed programmes may just what you are looking for.

 

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Available Tours

  • 1. Inside the Chinese Singaporean – The Evolution of our Culture and Heritage
  • 2. UNESCO Hawker Food Tour: “Boiled and Braised” in Singapore
  • 3. My Tanjong Pagar Heritage Tour

1. Inside the Chinese Singaporean – The Evolution of our Culture and Heritage

The Chinese Singaporean identity today is a result of generations of intercultural influences. Through a walking trail of buildings, arts and food, we will bring you on a journey of discovery, to find out the level of ‘chinese-ness’ Chinese Singaporean are.

Starting off with the SINGAPO人 exhibition which sets the context of the tour, we continue exploring the themes of the exhibition zones by embarking on a walking trail to Telok Ayer – the backbone of development of the Chinese migrant community in early Singapore.

  • What Makes Us, “Us” – Behind the skyscrapers, conserved buildings, sculptures and green spaces is the story of how urban planners shape our Singapore image on the global stage;
  • Beyond Generations – What roles did clans play in shaping the Chinese Singaporean identity and how much of these remains for us?
  • –When Cultures Meet – How did a Methodist church and mosque come to be in the heart of Telok Ayer? What role does a Chinese temple play in the past and present
  • Made in Singapore – Do you know that local favourite Hainanese Chicken Rice is a made in Singapore dish? Indulge in some local delicacies and learn about their origins.

Why join this tour?

  • Explore the identities and culture of the Chinese Singaporean
  • Learn how Singapore preserve its heritage and roots while advancing towards the future.
  • Deepen appreciation and understanding of our local buildings, sculptures, and food
  • Satisfied bellies and an understanding on the origins of local food (samplers provided) at Lau Pa Sat

Route of Trail

SCCC SINGAPO人 Exhibition -> Public Art Installation at Capital Tower -> Maxwell Chamber -> Nanyang Hakka Federation -> Telok Ayer Park -> Chinese Methodist Church -> Nagore Dargah Indian Muslim Temple

  • Details
  • Booking Request

Tour Type

Organised by tour operators

Venue

Meeting Place: SCCC Lobby Level 1

Language

English/Mandarin

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2. UNESCO Hawker Food Tour: “Boiled and Braised” in Singapore

This is part 1 of a 3-part tour series, of eating your way through Singapore’s Hawker Culture, which was inscribed on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

What makes up Chinese hawker food in Singapore? Hokkien, Cantonese, Hainanese, Teochew, Hakka, each of these communities can claim to have brought the best of Chinese cuisine to Singapore. Yet what we consider to be local Chinese food has been influenced, reinterpreted and adapted to local flavours. Many of these dishes today are in fact unrecognisable from their motherland.

Get into the bellies of the Chinese in Singapore and explore our world of hawker cuisine. Explore what the UNESCO intangible cultural heritage represents, and discover new insights to local dishes that we have come to love. This immersive experience is a great bonding activity for foodies, families and friends, and makes a unique date idea too.

  • English-speaking tour guide
  • Tasting portions of award-winning hawker dishes (including Michelin-Bib gourmand)​, traditional snacks and artisanal ice cream + drink
  • Exclusive souvenir​
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Tour Type

Organised by tour operators

Language

English/Mandarin

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3. My Tanjong Pagar Heritage Tour

My Tanjong Pagar Heritage Tour takes participants down memory lane by exploring different sites that have brought Singapore from its humble beginnings as a fishing village, to becoming one of the most developed countries in the world. As participants retrace the steps of immigrants who arrived here during colonial times, expect to discover how these key landmarks were essential pieces that contributed to Singapore’s success as a port and its growth to a first world nation.

  • Please note that all participants must be vaccinated.
  • Participants are to meet at Tanjong Pagar MRT Station Exit A fifteen minutes before the start of the tour.
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Tour Type

Organised by tour operators

Duration

Approximately 3 hours

Language

English

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