1. New display: "Hidden Treasures" from the Raffles Collection at the Public Gallery. Details.

2. Visiting hours at the Public Gallery extended to 9pm. Details.

3. Guided tours every half-hour, 5.30pm to 8.30pm (please book!). Details.

4. Public Talks by museum staff at NUS LT32: Mon, Wed, Fri: 7.30pm. Details. *Friday's talk cancelled*

Common questions

How do I get to the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research?
Please refer to the map.

Getting to the Public Gallery
1. From Buona Vista MRT station, take SBS No. 95 heading towards NUS.
2. After plying straight down Buona Vista Road, the bus turns right into the university campus.
3. Stop at the second bus-stop (LT27) on Lower Kent Ridge Road.
4. Walk to Science Drive 2.
5. The Raffles Museum is the end of the road in Block S6, third floor.

Getting to Lecture Theatre 32 for the Public talks
Guides will bring you from the Public Gallery to Lecture Theatre 32 for the talks.
1. If you are coming for the talk directly, alight from SBS No. 95 at the third bus-stop (Sheare's Hall).
2. Walk up Science Drive 4.

Why is the museum involved in a library programme?
Well the museum traces its ancestry to the Raffles Library and Museum. The zoological collection of books and animals eventually formed the basis of the RMBR. In fact the books brought out for the display are such examples, as well as the taxidermised lifelike animals that you can see on display at the Public Gallery.

1. New display on "Hidden Treasures" the Raffles Collection at the Public Gallery

The Public Gallery has ten themes. We have added "Hidden treasures" to feature several elements:

1. Some of the very old books inherited from the Raffles Library and Museum that continue to be used today, including original works by Bleeker, Linnaeus and Darwin.
2. The evolution of a journal: the Bulletin of the Raffles Museum becomes the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.
3. Regional journals that are very valuable sources of information.
4. How old books have helped modern situations in natural history research.
5. From the days withtout photography - beautiful paintings from the old books of the Raffles Collection.

2. Visiting hours at the Public Gallery extended to 9pm.

The Public Gallery is normally open during office hours. In celebration of the Singapore Library Festival, the Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research is extending the visiting hours to the Public Gallery from 9am to 9pm.

3. Guided tours every half-hour, 5.30pm to 8.30pm (please book).

From 5.30pm - 8.30pm, there will be guided tours every half-hour, conducted by museum staff, University alumni (biology graduates) and four 14-year old Chinese High students on their first trial as gallery guides!

Please book by sending an email to Greasi Simon at greasi@nus.edu.sg or call: +65-6874-5082.

Please include the following:
1) Name,
2) No of people,
3) Date,
4) Time.

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4. For details of slide talks, please click here. *Friday's talk cancelled*