Celebrate National Day At The National Museum 2024

Spend your National Day at the museum to “Lepak (hang out) and Play” with us!

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 9.30am – 12am
🏷 Free admission to galleries

Celebrate Singapore’s 59th birthday with various activities such as outdoor and inflatable playgrounds featuring iconic local HDB playground designs, drop-in craft activities, intergenerational programmes and our popular scavenger hunt at the museum. Visit our Story of the Forest interactive digital art installation before it closes for good in October, and don’t forget to check out Play:Date and reminisce about the joy of playing with toys as a child.

National Day Celebrations at National Museum Singapore (Image courtesy of NMS)

End the day with a “picnic under the stars” as you catch the live outdoor screening of the National Day Parade on the museum’s front lawn.

In the lead-up to National Day, look out for special light-up installations on our lawn that take us back to our childhood days.

National Day Celebrations with the National Museum of Singapore National Day Celebrations at National Museum Singapore (Image courtesy of NMS)

Don’t forget to tag us on social media with #NationalDayatNMS!

Please note that photos and videos taken during the programmes may be used for future publicity.

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Below are some of the highlights:

The Good Old Games: A Light-Up Installation

📅 1 to 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 7.30pm – 12am daily
📍 Outside the Museum

Do you remember the fun days of yesteryear spent playing outdoors and games with friends? For this year’s light-up installation, think back on simpler times and pose with some life-sized old-school games that we played when we were young(er). Invite your friends and family and reminisce about the joy of playing with chapteh, five stones, gasing (spinning tops) and country flag erasers!

National Day Scavenger Hunt

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 10am – 5.30pm (closed from 12pm – 1pm, final registration by 5pm)
Registration/Redemption at Glass Atrium, Level 2
🏷 Free, pre-registration recommended on Peatix

Discover more about Singapore by taking part in this fun activity as you search for answers around the museum. Complete the hunt with all correct answers and stand a chance to redeem a token from the museum, while stocks last.

This activity is suitable for all – family and friends or individuals!

The Singapura Life by Sengkang Green Primary School

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 9.30am – 10.30am (priority slot for persons with disabilities) | 10.30am – 4pm (public)
📍 Glass Atrium, Level 2

Guided by friendly students from Sengkang Green Primary School, showcase your personality with activities about life in Singapore:

My Ethnic Costume

Our multiracial identity allows us to appreciate and celebrate different ethnicities. Dress your paper doll with a choice of costumes that represent Singapore’s major ethnicities. Assemble the doll and take it home to add personal touches to make your doll unique!

Postcard Giveaway

Food and play are shared Singaporean experiences regardless of one’s race or religion. Choose from 4 different postcard designs featuring our hawker food and games that we played with while growing up, and share your experiences with friendly students from Sengkang Green Primary School!

Design a Keychain

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 10am – 5.30pm (final entry by 4.45pm)
📍 Outside Explore Room, Level 3

Use the unique technique of pouring paint to create your very own keychain!

My Dearest Friend: A Letter-Writing Activity

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 10am – 5.30pm
📍 Get Curious Studio, Level 3

Get ready to unleash your creativity and reconnect through the art of letter writing at our upcoming drop-in activity! Join us for a casual and enjoyable session where you can craft heartfelt letters and messages to a loved one, friend or even to yourself, or simply enjoy the therapeutic act of putting pen to paper.

Seal your letters with wax seals and look forward to them being received approximately 6 months later!

Craft Activity by STAEDTLER

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 9.30am – 10.30am (priority slot for persons with disabilities) | 10.30am – 5.30am (for public)
📍 Various locations

In this craft activity, pen messages and personalise designs inspired by the nation’s birthday before folding your creation into a unique fan inspired by traditional round fans of the past.

National Day Colouring Competition

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 10am – 1pm (Registration at 9.30am)
📍 Gallery Theatre, Basement
🏷 Free with refundable deposit of $10 per participating child on Peatix

Unleash your creativity in this colouring competition featuring our local icons!

This competition is open to 50 children, aged 6 to 13 years. Participants are encouraged to bring your own colouring materials (dry materials only, no paint allowed) or purchase a colouring pack at $5, while stocks last.

Outdoor Sustainable Play

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 9.30am – 11.30am
📍 Front Lawn, Level 1

Do you recall using everyday items found at home or at the void deck to play with friends and family? Together with Chapter Zero, we are bringing back this popular programme to encourage imaginative play and sensory experience for the young ones.

Inflatable Playgrounds

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 10am – 5pm
📍 Bus Bay, Level 2

Bounce away on inflatable playgrounds featuring colourful and bright castles.

Community Art Mural Photo Booth

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 10am – 5.30pm
📍 Gallery Theatre Foyer, Basement Level

Pose and snap a photo with the unique art mural at our outdoor staircase, painted by museum visitors as part of NMS’s Singapore HeritageFest 2024! Commemorate your visit to the museum this National Day, and don’t forget to share your digital photograph with us on social media with the hashtag #NationalDayatNMS.

Drum Performance

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 5pm – 5.20pm
📍 Front Lawn, Level 1

Be sure to catch this heart-thumping performance just before the live telecast of the National Day Parade on our front lawn.

Writings on the Wall

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 10am – 7pm
📍 Glass Atrium, Level 2

Share with us your thoughts on what is unique about Singapore and what the Singapore spirit means to you, and you might see your responses projected on the museum’s LED wall!

Live Telecast of National Day Parade

celebrate national day at national museum singapore National Day Celebrations at National Museum Singapore (Image courtesy of NMS)

📅 9 Aug 2024
⏰ 5.30pm – 8pm (seated by 5.15pm)
📍 Front Lawn, Level 1

Have a picnic under the stars and enjoy a live telecast of the National Day Parade under the museum’s iconic Banyan tree with your family and friends.

Visitors are encouraged to bring along your own picnic mats, light bites and snacks to watch the live telecast. Please ensure not to leave anything behind and to dispose of all uneaten food items and/or waste in the nearest bin.

Special Offer by Café Brera

📅 9 Aug 2024
📍 Café Brera, Level 1

Enjoy a special offer presented by Café Brera to celebrate Singapore’s birthday! 

For more information, please refer here.

Singapore’s National Day 2024

Singapore’s 59th Birthday is just around the corner. Check out our list of Things To Do This National Day Long Weekend in Singapore.