National Gallery Singapore

National Gallery Singapore is the national art museum in the Civic District of Singapore's Downtown Core, set in two national monuments facing the Padang: the former City Hall, completed in 1929, and the former Supreme Court, completed in 1939. Both buildings were gazetted as National Monuments in 1992 and vacated in 2005, restoration began in 2011, and the Gallery opened on 24 November 2015 with about 64,000 square metres of floor space across the two buildings. The City Hall building witnessed the Japanese surrender at the end of the Second World War in 1945.

The Gallery holds a large public collection of modern art from Singapore and Southeast Asia, shown alongside changing special exhibitions. From 1 April 2026 the UOB Southeast Asia Gallery, on the upper floors of the former Supreme Court wing, closed for a large revamp, and the Gallery states it will reopen in late 2027; works from the National Collection stay on view elsewhere in the building. The Gallery opens daily from 10am to 7pm, with last admission at 6.30pm, and general admission is free for Singapore citizens and permanent residents, while special exhibitions are ticketed. From City Hall MRT station, Exit B, the Gallery is about a seven-minute walk via the Art Connector.