World's 1st ArtScience Museum to open in S'pore

The ArtScience museum at Marina Bay Sands integrated resort. The new museum will open on Feb 17, 2011. -- ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

THE world's first ArtScience Museum will open at Marina Bay Sands on the 'auspicious' date of Feb 17, 2011 at 1.18pm.

With an 'iconic' lotus-inspired design, the ArtScience Museum is set to become the heart of the growing ArtScience movement as well as the premier venue for international exhibitions from renowned worldwide collections, Marina Bay Sands said on Wednesday.

Featuring 21 gallery spaces totalling 50,000 square feet, the new museum will display a variety of exhibits that span various influences from art and science, media and technology, to design and architecture.

Marina Bay Sands president and chief executive officer Mr. Thomas Arasi, said: 'Singapore is already fast becoming the exchange capital of the world in finance, culture and knowledge. With the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands, we will deliver an internationally renowned forum for the exchange of the latest creative ideas and theories. We are proud to present to audiences in Singapore and beyond, Singapore's gift to the world and the city's new great cultural symbol.'

The Museum's showpiece exhibition, ArtScience: A Journey Through Creativity, will feature a series of permanent exhibits that anchor the venue at the forefront of technology, design and culture.

ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands will also play host to marquee exhibitions curated by leading museums and collections from around the world. In the coming months, the museum will launch a speaker series that will bring globally renowned thought-leaders in the field of ArtScience, to Singapore, to drive discussion and generate more ideas on the subject.