Activity Booklet

RECOMMENDED FOR 5 TO 12 YEAR OLDS

#ChildrensSeason | National.Museum.of.Singapore | natmuseum_sg

Here’s a map to guide you in your exploration! Welcome to Children’s Season at the National Museum of
Singapore, Young Explorer!

Level 2 Hop on your favourite mode of transport to explore the exhibits and
1 Our Favourite Places –
installations, hands-on stations and various programmes. “Join the
Trolley Bus and Trishaw dots” and discover the connections of friendship, family, monuments
Trails at the Glass Atrium and memories at Children’s Season at the National Museum! Let’s
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make everyone’s visit to the Museum an enjoyable one!

This Activity Booklet belongs to:

Level 1
1 Bouncy Ride at the Front
Lawn
Tips for an Enjoyable Day at the National Museum
2 The Soft Dome at the
of Singapore
Rotunda 4
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3 Young Cinema at
The Salon
The Museum might be crowded on the day of your visit,
so please wait patiently to view the installations and
4 Our Favourite Places –
Bumboat Trail at 2 exhibits, and to participate in the hands-on stations.
The Concourse

Entrance

1 Take as many photographs as you would like,

but let’s remember not to use flash photography.
Basement
1 The Giant at
The Canyon Let’s keep our voices low as we share our sightings
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with each other. Walk, don’t run _ let’s be considerate
to the other explorers!

Visitor Services Baby Changing Room Restaurant

Lift Locker (Basement & Level 2) Museum Shop Most importantly, have fun together!
Restrooms Pram Parking

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BOUNCY RIDE

FRONT LAWN Bumboats served as a form of

transport along Singapore’s rivers, such
Begin your journey at the Front Lawn where the Bouncy Ride is. as the Singapore River, Rochor River
Go ahead and bounce on it! and Kallang River. They are also known
as tongkangs (in Malay) and twakows
1 ) Join the Dots! (in Teochew and Hokkien).
Complete the image below.

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The trolley bus was a form of

What is this form of transport? land transport in Singapore from 1926 to
1962. Ticket prices were 10 cents per mile
It is a B _ _ b _ _ t. for the first class, and 5 cents per mile for
the second class.

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THE SOFT DOME BY ATELIER YOKYOK THE GIANT BY JEAN JULLIEN

ROTUNDA, LEVEL 1 THE CANYON, BASEMENT

Let’s stop by the Rotunda and view The Soft Dome, a three- On your tippy toes, head down to the basement, where The Giant
dimensional artwork by Atelier YokYok from France. Enter The Soft by Jean Jullien from France lies asleep.
Dome and admire the shapes and colours above you!

1 ) While inside The Soft Dome, which 2) Which colours do 1 ) Listen carefully!
part of the NMS building can you see? you see? Can you hear the Giant snoring? Yes / No

BLUE RED

GREEN BLACK PURPLE

YELLOW ORANGE

Circle it on the image above!

Image courtesy of Jean Jullien

3 ) If you could design a stained glass for the roof, what would it look
like? Draw your design below! 2 ) Unleash your creativity and draw on the Giant quietly, without
waking him up!

3 ) If you could ask the Giant ONE question, what would it be?

Dear Giant,

Before you tiptoe away, remember to take a photograph with the

Giant!
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OUR FAVOURITE PLACES _
BUMBOAT TRAIL
THE CONCOURSE, LEVEL 1
Let’s hop on the bumboat and cruise down the Singapore River!

1 ) Name the Landmark

As you move along, LOOK OUT for the landmarks featured on these A landmark is an important building, statue or structure.
two pages. Write down the names of these landmarks. Did you manage to find them all?

Former F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ n Building Former P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t House C _ _ _ _ _ _ h Bridge

Former E _ _ _ _ _ s Place Victoria T _ _ _ _ _ e and Victoria Former Clifford P _ _ r

Building C _ _ _ _ _ t Hall
(e) Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall (f) Former Clifford Pier

Archival images: Collection of the National Museum of Singapore, National Heritage Board
(d) Former Empress Place Building (c) Cavenagh Bridge Answers: (a) Former Fullerton Building (b) Former Parliament House

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OUR FAVOURITE PLACES _
BUMBOAT TRAIL
THE CONCOURSE, LEVEL 1
2 ) Colours of the River If you would like to know
The Singapore River was once crowded with bumboats. These how smelly the Singapore River
bumboats carried goods (such as pepper and rice) from ships was, visit the scent station at the
that came from other countries, to warehouses along the “Singapore” section of the Singapore
Singapore River. History Gallery!

It was a very busy river, which became smelly and dirty over time.

Can you imagine what life at the river was like back then?
Colour this scene when you get back home!
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OUR FAVOURITE PLACES _ OUR FAVOURITE PLACES _
BUMBOAT TRAIL TROLLEY BUS AND TRISHAW TRAILS
3 ) Sail Your Way to a Warehouse GLASS ATRIUM, LEVEL 2
Help! A bumboat is lost along the Singapore River. Can you guide
this bumboat to a warehouse where it can unload its goods? 1 ) A Name to the Place
As you walk around, match the images of the places you see to
their names. Ask your parents and even your grandparents if they
have visited some of these places!

START
Singapore
Zoo

Toa Payoh
Dragon
Playground

East Coast
Park
FINISH

Little India

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OUR FAVOURITE PLACES _
TROLLEY BUS AND TRISHAW TRAILS
GLASS ATRIUM, LEVEL 2 2 ) Decorate Your
Spinning Teacup Ride!
Continued from Page 11 ...
From the 1920s to
the 1970s, amusement
parks such as
Chinatown
H___y G___t
World N__ World were very popular.

World
Singapore
Botanic These parks had game booths and performances. Some of them
Gardens even had a ferris wheel and spinning teacup ride which people
enjoyed!

If you could design your own spinning teacup, what would it look like?

Katong

Kampong
Gelam

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OUR FAVOURITE PLACES _ EXPLORATION COMPLETED!
TROLLEY BUS AND TRISHAW TRAILS
GLASS ATRIUM, LEVEL 2 Congratulations on completing your exploration of Children’s Season
at the National Museum of Singapore! We hope that you have
3) Name the Game! enjoyed yourselves and learnt more about Singapore’s transport of
Besides visiting the amusement parks, children back then also played the past, ethnic neighbourhoods and places of entertainment.
with traditional toys and games like the ones shown below. Can you
match the images to the names of the games?
1 ) Which installations /exhibits did you see?
Tick ( ) the boxes below.
1 2 3

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Image courtesy of Atelier YokYok Image courtesy of Jean Jullien

Bouncy ride at the
Front Lawn The Soft Dome at The Giant at The
( ) Zero Point ( ) Five Stones ( ) Hopscotch the Rotunda, Level 1 Canyon, Basement
( )
( ) ( )
( ) Kuti Kuti ( ) Goli or Marbles ( ) Chapteh

Visit the
Life in Singapore :
Growing Up gallery on
Level 2 to discover more Our Favourite Places _ Bumboat Our Favourite Places _ Trolley
traditional toys! Trail at The Concourse, Level 1 Bus and Trishaw Trails at the
( ) Glass Atrium, Level 2
( )
[1] Chapteh [3] Hopscotch [4] Goli or Marbles [2] Five Stones [5] Kuti Kuti Answers: [6] Zero Point

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EXPLORATION COMPLETED!

2 ) Which part of Children’s Season at the National Museum did you

enjoy the most?

3 ) What is one word you would use to describe your exploration

today?

We hope that
you have enjoyed your
exploration of the
National Museum
of Singapore. See
You i
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!

Do share
your experience at
the museum with
your family and friends!
The illustrations featured in this activity booklet are drawn by Diane Ng Rose in The Little Singapore Book and are part of the exhibition content for
Children’s Season at the National Museum.

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