The Singapore Sports Museum is a sports museum in Singapore, located at the Singapore Sports Hub in Kallang.
The Singapore Sports Museum is affiliated to the International Association of Sports Museums and Hall of Fame (IASMHF) based in the United States since 1984. It is also a member of the Museum Roundtable, set up by the National Heritage Board.
History
editThe Singapore Sports Museum was established in 1983 at the former National Stadium to preserve and showcase Singapore's sporting heritage. It was opened to the public in May 1983 to coincide with the staging of the 1983 Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. In 2007, its collection was temporarily moved to the Singapore Sports Council's (SSC) temporary office and heritage corners of selected SSC sports and recreation centres such as Jurong West and Sengkang, while a new iteration of the museum was constructed as part of the Singapore Sports Hub project, originally expected to be completed by 2011.[1]
The rebuilt museum reopened on 6 October 2014, which added new interactive exhibits, an exhibit paying tribute to the former National Stadium, and a new Singapore Youth Olympic Museum.[2]
Galleries
editIn total, there were 6 galleries. Displays at the Sports Museum included both Olympic and non-Olympic sports, along with traditional and indigenous games and pastimes:
- Gallery 1: Sports in Colonial Times
- Gallery 2: Sports in Independent Singapore
- Gallery 3: Indigenous and Traditional Sports
- Gallery 4: Hall of Fame
- Gallery 5: Olympism & Regional/International Games
- Gallery 6: Roll of Honour
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Thank You Luncheon for Donors and Sportspeople in the Sports Museum's "Hall of Fame" by Mr Teo Ser Luck, Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sports". Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (Singapore). 14 July 2007. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 31 August 2007.
- ^ "Sports pioneers honoured with opening of S'pore Sports and Youth Olympic Museum". TODAYonline. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
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