Family Travelogue: From the Historical sites around Singapore River to Marina Bay scenic views

Saturday, 9 July 2016

From the Historical sites around Singapore River to Marina Bay scenic views

continued from the statues of Sir Stamford Raffles at the North Boat Quay

Before we exited to the Cavenagh bridge from the Victoria Theatres and Memorial Hall Building, we checked out first the Asian Civilisations Museum. We have not been inside yet... soon.

Asian Civilisations Museum preserves the cultural heritage of Asia especially the Singaporeans' ancestral heritage and includes the Southeast Asia, India and the Islamic World.

Ref: Jubilee Walk

Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place Building, Singapore

This building was completed in 1867 and previously served as a courthouse and later became Government Offices.

The Adjacent square was named Empress Place in 1907 in honour of Britain's Queen Victoria, who was also the Empress of India.

The building was converted to Empress Place Museum in 1989 and became home to the Asian Civilisations Museum in 2003.

Asian Civilisations Museum, Empress Place Building, Singapore. view from the South Bank

Polished Steel Spheres near the Asian Civilisations Museum

Singapore has launched in November 2015 the 8km walk trail of Singapore iconic sites called Jubilee Walk. One of the three arts feature is the 24 hrs in Singapore which consists of the five steel spheres in front of the Asian Civilisations Musuem that play audio recordings of daily life in Singapore such as the sounds of traffic in the CBD and MRT trains.

Asian Civilisations Museum Entrance fees and Opening hours

Entrance to Cavenagh bridge from the North bank of the mouth of Singapore River

We just finished the trail of the famous sites around the mouth of Singapore River. We started from place where the buildings shown on the left are situated

We came from Raffles Place MRT. The Cavenagh Road is just few meters on foot to the right.

Across the Cavenagh bridge is the Elgin Bridge going upstream. We continued to the left to the Boat Quay Restaurants that lead us to the Elgin bridge. Latter connects the South Boat Quay to the North Boat Quay

Boat Quay Restaurants along the Singapore River

UOB Plaza along the Singapore River

Elgin Bridge, Singapore

After crossing the Elgin bridge we went down and passed the present location of the Parliament House, Singapore to the white statue of Sir Raffles. Passed the Old Parliament House which is now the Building of the Arts Museum and exited to the European style buildings of the Victoria Theatres and the Victoria Memorial Hall joined by the Clock Tower.

Elgin Bridge, Singapore

Parliament House

White statue of Sir Stamford Raffles

Arts Museum

view from Anderson Bridge, Victoria Theatres and Victoria Memorial Hall joined by the clock tower

Signs and Sculptures feature around the Cavenagh Bridge

Cavenagh bridge, Singapore

Notice displayed at the Cavenagh bridge, Singapore

The First Generation

Family of Singapura cats

Next to the Cavenagh bridge is the Historical Fullerton Hotel, a five star hotel at the south bank of the mouth of Singapore River. Fullerton Hotel was previously the General Post Office Building. I will write a separate post about the history of the Fullerton Building. We went inside to view the Heritage Gallery. The hotel was still in Christmas mode.

Fullerton Hotel near the mouth of Singapore River

The Red Pillar Box

The Red Pillar box at the Fullerton Heritage Gallery serves as a legacy of the British colonial era in Singapore. There are only three operational Red Pillar Post boxes in the country. One at the Post Bar of the Fullerton Hotel and the other one is at the entrance of the Singapore Philatelic Museum.