Please recommend Libraries , Galleries , Bookstores
Singapore
Please recommend Libraries , Galleries , Bookstores
(10 )Plese recommend where libraries(except National Singapore library), galleries(except Singapore city gallery, Singapore National Gallery)and bookstores(except Bookactually) I should go and new zone in Singapore.
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Check out the all new library at Our Tampines Hub.. lounging sofas, check. Read newspapers while cycling, check. Learn a new cruisne while watching a live football match check. A library with no tall book shelves? The most high tech lifestyle library in Singapore just opened !
There is a big local bookstore chain, Popular, https://www.popular.com.sg/about-us
and MPH http://www.mphonline.com/welcome/welcome.aspx
and MPH http://www.mphonline.com/welcome/welcome.aspx
You can visit our National Library at 100 Victoria Street, and library @ orchard central for a more 'hipster' feel. U can also take a look at our national museum, art science museum, Mint Museum of Toys, Chinatown Heritage Centre, all in one day.
Always interesting to see whats going down at the Art Science Museum. (http://www.marinabaysands.com/museum/exhibitions-and-events.html#mv0Lhe0HVp4psXq3.97)
There is also a Malay Heritage Centre (http://malayheritage.org.sg/en)
If you're up to try book cafes, there are a few along the stretch of Bukit Pasoh Road such as The Reading Room (http://thereadingroom.com.sg/) and the Open Book Cafe (https://www.facebook.com/openbookcafesg). Open Book Cafe is bilingual in English and Mandarin though.
If you're up to try book cafes, there are a few along the stretch of Bukit Pasoh Road such as The Reading Room (http://thereadingroom.com.sg/) and the Open Book Cafe (https://www.facebook.com/openbookcafesg). Open Book Cafe is bilingual in English and Mandarin though.
For Gallery, you may try Chinatown Heritage Centre, LT Gallery NeWater Centre and HBD Gallery.
Bookshop, Books in the Woods is a great place for kids books.
Bookshop, Books in the Woods is a great place for kids books.
You may try these--
Library in Orchard
http://www.nlb.gov.sg/VisitUs/BranchDetails/tabid/140/bid/337/Default.aspx?branch=library%40orchard
Woods In a Book
http://www.woodsinthebooks.sg/getting-here/
Kinokuniya (mainstream)
http://kinokuniya.com.sg/stores/
Looksee Looksee
This is not a store but a 'free' public space offered by a local creative company. You can browse books at a very nice ambience with no charge.
http://www.lobehold.com/looksee
Littered with Books
https://m.facebook.com/Littered-with-Books-153135064725041/
Library in Orchard
http://www.nlb.gov.sg/VisitUs/BranchDetails/tabid/140/bid/337/Default.aspx?branch=library%40orchard
Woods In a Book
http://www.woodsinthebooks.sg/getting-here/
Kinokuniya (mainstream)
http://kinokuniya.com.sg/stores/
Looksee Looksee
This is not a store but a 'free' public space offered by a local creative company. You can browse books at a very nice ambience with no charge.
http://www.lobehold.com/looksee
Littered with Books
https://m.facebook.com/Littered-with-Books-153135064725041/
Hey! The Library@Orchard is pretty nice. There is also Library@Esplanade which I haven't been, you can look it up. Galleries...depending on what sort you are looking for. The Singapore Night Festival 24-26 Aug 2017 has really aesthetic art. How about the National Museum of Singapore? It is also near a local university, Singapore Management University - nice campus to explore. Bookstores...not too sure but you can try Kinokuniya which has a huge selection.
Nice museums are ACM (Asian Civilisation Museum) & the Peranakan Museum. They also offer free guided tours by Friends of the Museum volunteers.
For independent galleries, try Gillman Baracks