The National Heritage Board’s (NHB) Museum Roundtable Hongbao Campaign returns once again with all-new red packet designs, this time featuring the Chinese zodiac animal of 2025 – the Snake.

Museum Roundtable Hongbao Campaign (photo courtesy of NHB International and Museum Relations)

The Botanical Art Gallery at Singapore Botanic Gardens and Fort Canning Heritage Gallery are the two newest galleries to have joined the Museum Roundtable (MR) in 2024 and will be participating in the campaign for the first time. There are also multiple MR members returning this year – including Battlebox, Char Yong (Dabu) Association Heritage Hall, Chinatown Heritage Centre, Civil Defence Heritage Gallery and The Private Museum.

📅 21 Jan to 12 Feb 2025
📍 Participating 48 MR Members
🏷 The red packets will be made available free-of-charge, although Museum Roundtable members may charge for admission into their museums.

From left to right: Five of the 48 red packet designs available for collection this year, from, Botanical Art Gallery, Civil Defence Heritage Gallery, Geylang Serai Heritage Gallery, National Museum of Singapore and Science Centre Singapore

From 21 January to 12 February 2025, visitors can collect a set of exclusive red packets at any of the 48 participating museums, heritage institutions, and galleries – our highest number to date. Each visitor is entitled to one set of six red packets from any of the venues, while stocks last.

The Collector’s Box Set

The popular Collector’s Box Set will make its return as well and this year’s set features for the first time a special pop-up artwork once the box is opened. Each box set will feature 98 pieces of red packets encased within a large gift box, comprising two complete sets of the 48 red packet designs representing the participating MR members, along with an exclusive design representing NHB. The red packet designs in the box set will have a distinctive yellow background as well as snakes with subtle colour differences.

The Collector’s Box Sets are priced at $98 (nett). 400 sets will be made available for purchase on 1 and 2 February 2025 from 10am to 6.30pm at the Asian Civilisations Museum at 1 Empress Place, while stocks last. The location of the sales will be at the ACM’s Discovery Room at B1 and interested collectors can simply walk-in to purchase these on a first-come, first-served basis, with a limit of two boxes per transaction.

I Love Museums’ Facebook Page Giveaways

As part of the campaign, two online giveaways will be held on the “I Love Museums” Facebook page, offering members of the public an opportunity to win the Collector’s Box Set, or a full set of the 48 Museum Roundtable red packets.

• The first giveaway will be held between 21 January and 2 February 2025. A total of 10 winners will be selected at random to receive the Collector’s Box Set.
• The second giveaway will be held between 3 and 10 February 2025. 48 winners will be selected at random to receive a full set of all 48 Museum Roundtable red packets.

Information on how to participate in the giveaways will be revealed at the start of each of the giveaway periods on the I Love Museums Facebook page.

Mr Goh Chour Thong, Director (International and Museum Relations), NHB, said: “NHB is thrilled to partner with Museum Roundtable members once more, for the largest iteration of the Museum Roundtable Hongbao Campaign yet. The annual campaign showcases the creativity and unique characteristics of each participating member, through their red packet designs, while encouraging the public to visit these museums and galleries during the festive period. Through initiatives like these, we hope to continue showcasing the diversity of Singapore’s museum ecosystem and the variety of museums and heritage galleries which Singaporeans can explore.”

Mr Lee Hong Ping, Gallery Manager, Char Yong (Dabu) Association Heritage Hall, a repeat MR partner of the campaign, said: “This is the second year that the Association is participating in the Museum Roundtable Hongbao Campaign. Last year, we saw an increase in the number of visitors to our galleries during the campaign and we are very glad that more visitors are learning about the Dabu Hakka’s history and culture. This year’s Hongbao design features the new Char Yong Dabu Hakka Building, and this is significant as we will be moving into the new building located 2 streets away at Lorong 18 Geylang at the end of the year. Visitors can look forward to a new Hakka Heritage Hall which will be opened at the ground floor, amongst other sustainable and lifestyle offerings.”

Members of the public can visit here for more information on the Museum Roundtable Hongbao Campaign 2025. Please refer below for the list of the 48 participating Museum Roundtable members and the terms & conditions for the red packet collection.

List of Participating MR Members in 2025

1. ArtScience Museum
2. Asian Civilisations Museum
3. Battlebox
4. Botanical Art Gallery
5. Char Yong (Dabu) Association Heritage Hall
6. Children’s Museum Singapore
7. Chinatown Heritage Centre
8. Chinese Heritage Centre
9. Civil Defence Heritage Gallery
10. Eurasian Heritage Gallery
11. Former Ford Factory
12. Fort Canning Heritage Gallery
13. Fort Siloso
14. Geylang Serai Heritage Gallery
15. HDB LIVINGSPACE Gallery
16. Indian Heritage Centre
17. Kreta Ayer Heritage Gallery
18. Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital Heritage Gallery
19. Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum
20. MINT Museum of Toys
21. MOE Heritage Centre
22. National Gallery Singapore
23. National Library, Singapore
24. National Museum of Singapore
25. NUS Baba House
26. NUS Museum
27. Peranakan Museum
28. Red Dot Design Museum
29. Singapore Air Force Museum
30. Science Centre Singapore
31. Singapore Art Museum
32. Singapore Botanic Gardens Heritage Museum and CDL Green Gallery
33. Singapore Coins and Notes Museum
34. Singapore Discovery Centre
35. Singapore General Hospital Museum
36. Singapore Maritime Gallery
37. Singapore Mobility Gallery
38. Singapore Musical Box Museum
39. Singapore Navy Museum
40. Singapore Sports Museum
41. STPI – Creative Workshop & Gallery
42. Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
43. Sustainable Singapore Gallery @ Marina Barrage
44. Tan Tock Seng Hospital Heritage Museum
45. The Gem Museum
46. The Intan
47. The Private Museum
48. Woodbridge Museum

Terms and Conditions for red packet collection at 48 participating museums

1. The campaign will take place from 21 January 2025 to 12 February 2025.
2. Each visitor is entitled to only one (1) complimentary set of red packets per museum or gallery, while stocks last.
3. Individual museums and galleries reserve the right to stipulate their own red packet collection addresses and additional collection criteria for the collection of red packets. For more information on the aforementioned terms and conditions,, please refer to the website for the Museum Roundtable Hongbao Campaign 2025.
4. Visitors to participating museums and galleries should adhere to all guidelines at each venue. Please contact the participating museums and galleries for details about their addresses, opening hours, and safe management measures and terms and conditions.
5. Visitors to participating museums and galleries may be required to show proof of admission before collecting the complimentary sets of red packets.
6. Collection of each red packet design is only available at the respective participating museums and galleries. The National Heritage Board does not provide any red packets.
7. The red packets are strictly non-transferable, non-exchangeable and non-replaceable for credit, cash or kind in all cases, whether in whole or in part.
8. The National Heritage Board reserves the right to amend these privileges, terms and conditions without prior notice.

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