Tours & Trails

A Lighter Side of History: Our Trading Port

A Lighter Side of History: Our Trading Port

23 May • 09:30am •

Explore Singapore's maritime heritage from a trading post to busy waterway. Experience a curator-led tour of the “Once Upon a Tide” exhibition before going on an exclusive Singapore Strait expedition and a visit to Sisters' Islands Marine Park.

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Anchors & Architecture: Singapore’s Maritime Past Rediscovered

Anchors & Architecture: Singapore’s Maritime Past Rediscovered

23 May • 09:30am •

Step into Chinatown’s seafaring past and discover how key port nodes have endured! Through vivid maritime stories, explore how built heritage is conserved and thoughtfully integrated into today’s urban landscape, bridging Singapore’s maritime legacy and modern city life.

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A Singaporean's Dream Through Toys

A Singaporean's Dream Through Toys

Discover Singapore’s humble past and evolution from a trading settlement through ‘A Singaporean’s Dream Through Toys’. This guided tour and interactive AR storytelling colouring book workshop explores the Industrial Revolution’s impact on Singapore, taking visitors through early Singapore’s trading roots, cultural heritage, maritime history, and evolving national identity through toys.

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Seaside Tales of Sembawang

Seaside Tales of Sembawang

9, 23 May • 09:00am

24 May • 10:00am

Sembawang has been a childhood playground, workplace, reservist camp, and home to Jerome Lim, whose experiences of the northern precinct span five decades. Join Jerome on a trail to discover Sembawang spaces and places where his personal stories come alive.

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Currents & Crossings – Maritime Stories of Singapore

Currents & Crossings – Maritime Stories of Singapore

9, 17, 24 May • 09:30am

Currents and Crossings is a guided art walk from the Singapore River to Telok Ayer, uncovering the human lives behind Singapore’s maritime rise. Through river sculptures and murals depicting port-era neighbourhoods, participants explore stories of labour, migration, and everyday resilience along the waterfront. Discover how the early communities shaped the city and how traces of their lives remain embedded in today’s urban landscape.

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Jalan Kubor: Nusantara and Singapore Muslim heritage sites with lost maritime connections

Jalan Kubor: Nusantara and Singapore Muslim heritage sites with lost maritime connections

3, 9 May • 10:00am

Discover the historical, socio-cultural and artistic legacies of Jalan Kubor Cemetery’s gravestones – the social histories to be gleaned, the variety of gravestone types, and the Arabic calligraphy and Jawi, Bugis, Javanese, Gujarati and Chinese scripts used for its inscriptions. Part of the Singapura Stories Heritage Walk 2026 Series

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Masjid Hajjah Fatimah @ Kampong Rochor: Nusantara and Singapore Muslim heritage sites with lost maritime connections

Masjid Hajjah Fatimah @ Kampong Rochor: Nusantara and Singapore Muslim heritage sites with lost maritime connections

10 May • 02:00pm

This walk highlights the cosmopolitan legacies of Kampong Gelam through the social and architectural histories of Masjid Hajjah Fatimah. Come and hear the stories about the diversity and rich histories of the Malay and Muslim communities of Singapore. Part of the Singapura Stories Heritage Walk 2026 Series

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Other Peranakans: Diverse Nusantara Peranakan identities in Singapore, 1880s to 1950s

Other Peranakans: Diverse Nusantara Peranakan identities in Singapore, 1880s to 1950s

7 May • 07:30pm

Explore the rich histories of less-known Peranakan groups – the Indian/ Jawi Peranakan and Arab Peranakan; and Bugis and Jawa Peranakan.

Part of the Singapura Stories Seminar 2026 Series.

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