Singapore Stopover2, ArtScience Museum

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Stopover in Singapore
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Art Science Museum
ArtScience Museum is one of the attractions at
Marina Bay Sands, an integrated resort in
Singapore owned by the US Las Vegas Sands
company. Opened on 17 February 2011 by
Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, it is
the world's first ArtScience museum.
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Merlion, a marketing icon used as a mascot and
national personification of Singapore
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Standing at 8.6 metres high and weighing 70
tonnes, the Merlion statue has a lion's head and
a fish's body
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Although the ArtScience Museum has a permanent
exhibition, ArtScience Gallery, the ArtScience
Museum mainly hosts touring exhibitions curated
by other museums
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rocco-marosi
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The architecture is said be a form reminiscent of
a lotus flower
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It is designed by the architect Moshe Safdie
(born 1938, an Israeli/Canadian/American
architect)
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The Marina Bay Sands hotel has three 55-story
towers with 2,561 luxury rooms and suites, and is
capped by the Sands SkyPark, which offers
360-degree views of Singapore's skyline Gustavo
Ribeiro
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Marina Bay Sands is an integrated resort fronting
Marina Bay in Singapore. Developed by Las Vegas
Sands (LVS), it is the world's second most
expensive building, at US 5.5 billion, including
the cost of the prime land
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Marina Bay and a Singapore Flyer capsule
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Gardens by the Bay
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Singapore Flyer is the worlds largest
observation wheel. Standing at a stunning 165m
from the ground, the Flyer offers you
breathtaking, panoramic views of the Marina Bay,
the island city and beyond
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Referred to as "The Welcoming Hand of Singapore"
by Las Vegas Sands chairman Sheldon Adelson, the
ArtScience Museum is anchored by a round base in
the middle, with ten extensions referred to as
"fingers
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Marina Bay and a Singapore Flyer capsule
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The design concept for each finger denotes
various gallery spaces sporting skylights at the
"fingertips" which are included as sustainable
illumination for the curved interior walls
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The ArtScience Museum has 21 gallery spaces with
a total area of 50,000 square feet (6,000 square
meters).
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Rainwater is harvested and channelled down the
center of the building, flowing through its
bowl-shaped roof into a reflecting pond at the
lowest level of the building. The rainwater is
then recycled for use in the building's restrooms.
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View from ArtScience Museum
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The permanent exhibition, the ArtScience Gallery,
consists of three galleries - Curiosity,
Inspiration, Expression
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Permanent exhibits include objects indicative of
the accomplishments of both the arts and the
sciences through the ages, along the lines of
Leonardo da Vinci's Flying Machine, a Kongming
Lantern, and a high-tech robotic fish. The museum
opened with an exhibition of a collection of the
Belitung shipwreck cargo, and Tang dynasty
treasures that were discovered and carefully
preserved by Tilman Walterfang of Seabed
Explorations NZ Ltd.
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Play with Mongolian Traditional Toys
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Bowls from kilns hand-painted Changsha, Hunan,
China bowls found on the sunken ship
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The Intricate Designs on a Green-splashed ewer
salvaged from a 9th century Arab dhow that sailed
the maritime Silk Road over a thousand years ago
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Stem cup with a freely modeled animal and a
drinking tubeChina, probably Henan province,
Gongxian kilnsTang dynasty, ca. 825-50Glazed
stoneware with copper-green splashes over white
slip
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Beautifully crafted gold works were among the
artifacts salvaged from the sunken ninth century
Arab dhow that sailed from East to West via
Southeast Asia
Ewer with dragon-head spout and feline-shaped
handle
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An octagonal gold cup with a thumb plate at the
top of its handle, from the Belitung shipwreck
(ca. 825850)
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Marina Bay Sands Hotel and Gardens by the Bay
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The Helix Bridge is a pedestrian bridge linking
Marina Centre with Marina South in the Marina Bay
area
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rocco-marosi
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The Merlion (Malay Singa-Laut) a traditional
creature with a lion head and a body of a fish,
national personification of Singapore
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