Terracota Warriors @ Asian Civilization Museum

Happy 46th Birthday, Singapore! And to mark this occassion, Asian Civilization Museum is having a free admission day today including to its special exhibit.

Reached museum at about 1040am, and there was a queue already formed.

long queue at the entrance to exhibition halls

There was a sign downstairs that states the waiting at the gallery is approximately 60 minutes.

we're turning to the left although entrance is to the right, because it is a snaking queue....

something to amuse the kids.. terracota jigsaw puzzle

model showing assembly line to create terracota figures but take a look at the sea of people downstairs.. yup, that's the queue!

After 45 minutes of queueing, finally we went into the exhibition hall only to find another queue to enter the special exhibition section. ZzzzZzz....

queue again...

Waited for another 10 minutes before we managed to enter.

picture of actual tomb site

terracota figures

the General stands in front, has a distinctive headdress and is taller than the rest

kneeling archer, Qin Dynasty

look at the details of his shoe soles

carved doorway from a tomb, Eastern Han Dynasty

bronze vessels; washer and kettle (top shelf), food vessel and steamer (lower shelf)

collection of animal figurines

There's also a modern art installation at the exit/entrance to the exhibition halls (means first space after queueing for 45 minutes).

Left the museum at about 1245pm and there was a super long queue that extended till the outside of the museum. Wow...

Here's a wiki link to learn more about Terracota Warriors.

walking about

Was at *Scape Cineleisure yesterday, and saw Freddy. You know Freddy? Fred Krueger who lives at Elm Street. Hiaks hiaks!

here's Freddy, your worst nightmare

Did you know Johnny Depp was in "Nightmare on Elm Street"? You do? Well, then you must be as old as me. Hahaha! Did you know Wes Craven, the horror maestro directed this show? Here the wiki link to more Nightmare On Elm Street.

It was drizzling slightly, so we made our way to Taka as my friend wanted to go to Kinokuniya. They were having the Subaru challenge, and Sylvia Rationel was singing, so took a snap.

hands-on challenge, good luck everyone!

I wanted to visit the Asian Civilisation Museum because it was having a free admission for Halloween. So we made our way there. Alighted at Raffles Place, and walked towards Exit H. Saw a lot of dragon boat paddlers, and that's because they were having some race yesterday. So what do I do? Snapped somemore pics.

racing

#3 boat

against the buildings and Boat Quay backdrop

While walking towards the museum, there were lots of interesting stuffs to see along the Singapore River.

going towards Cavenagh Bridge

sculpture

River Merchants

more sculptures

crossing the bridge

Asian Civilisation Museum

It's Halloween time, and it's no different for ACM (Asian Civilisation Museum). Here's the evidence:

Halloween decor in the museum

They were also having a special exhibition, so we got to enjoy that for free too!

Special Exhibits

But photography is prohibited in the special exhibitions gallery, so the shots that I snapped are from the normal galleries.

Dancing Shiva

textile

Peranakan Bridal Jewelleries

gold

gold and lacquerware

We left the museum at 7pm because it was getting too crowded with kids. The kids were cute. All came dressed up for Halloween. =)

ACM 'transformed' after 7pm.. heheheee~ (eery laughter)

The museum was cool. Nice place to visit if you haven't done before, but inside everywhere was quite dark. I think they have six galleries inside, so probably have to allocate like 20 mins to half hour for each gallery.

Night time view of nearby places on our way to take the MRT.

back to Cavenagh bridge with Fullerton Hotel in view

overlooking the river at night