singaporecity360° Changi Museum
Changi Chapel and Museum sits at 1000 Upper Changi Road North, on the site once ringed by the Changi prison camps where Japanese forces held Allied soldiers and civilians between 1942 and 1945.
Should you go?
Free for Singapore citizens and PRs on a pink or blue NRIC, and for children 6 and under of any nationality. Tourists and foreign residents pay S$9 adult, S$7 concession, or S$27 for a family.
Tue – Sun 9.30am–5.30pm
cheapest single exhibition, non-peak
1 exhibition on · SC360 estimate
Walk in or book online. Cashless payment only. The family package and the other reduced rates are sold at the counter, not online.
last entry 5pm
Closed Mondays unless the Monday is a public holiday. Last admission is 5pm and the museum takes no cash.
It is a small history museum built around that wartime story — internment, forced labour, the makeshift chapels prisoners put up to keep going — told through letters, drawings, personal objects and a replica chapel in the open courtyard with its brass cross made from spent shell casings. Entry is free for Singapore citizens and permanent residents; tourists pay S$9 for an adult ticket, with reduced rates for seniors and students.
The building reopened in 2021 after a full redevelopment and picked up the "Chapel" in its name at the same time. It is a short drive from Jewel Changi Airport, so the two combine into one trip out east. There is no MRT on the doorstep: take the Downtown Line to Upper Changi (DT34) then hop on bus 2, or ride bus 2 or 29 to a stop about five minutes' walk away, with bus 5 leaving a longer ten-minute walk.
The commonest mistake is turning up on a Monday — unlike most Singapore attractions it is closed Mondays (except public holidays), running Tuesday to Sunday, 9.30am to 5.30pm with last entry at 5pm. Note too that the wartime Changi Murals visitors often come hoping to see are reproductions here; the surviving originals, painted by POW Stanley Warren, are inside the still-operational Changi Prison and reachable only on an occasional pre-booked tour.
On right now, and what each ticket costs
Free for Singapore citizens and PRs on a pink or blue NRIC, and for children 6 and under of any nationality. Tourists and foreign residents pay S$9 adult, S$7 concession, or S$27 for a family. Flip the stubs to your rate; every price includes the resident lines most sites leave out.
The museum's own heading is "tourists and foreign residents" — a foreigner living in Singapore pays the same as a visitor.
Show a valid ticket stub from the National Museum or Reflections at Bukit Chandu for S$2 off, valid three months from the date on that ticket.
| TICKET | TOURIST | CITIZEN/PR |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | S$9 | Free |
| Concession | S$7 | Free |
| Family package | S$27 | Free |
What will your group pay?
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What you should be paying
Ticket resellers earn a commission on what they sell you. We sell nothing, so here is the operator's own price — compare before you buy.
S$9
for General admission, straight from the operator's own price table.
Anything above S$9 is a markup. A reseller can be genuinely cheaper — some run below the gate price to win the booking — but you now know which side of the line you are on. Check the total at checkout, not the headline.
See it on the operator's own page →S$9
100% off General admission: Free instead of S$9, on every adult ticket.
This is wider than most people think. The museum's own wording is Singapore citizens and permanent residents, and the rate is genuinely zero rather than discounted. A pink or blue NRIC is checked at Visitor Services.
S$6/hr
S$9 for General admission over about 1.5 hours, and nothing at all if you are a citizen or PR. Five thematic galleries and the replica Changi Chapel. Our estimate. The duration is our estimate, not the operator's.
Rain, heat, and what to do about it
Live readings and forecasts from NEA. Four days is the limit — past that, nobody is forecasting, they are showing you an average.
Southwest Monsoon
June to September
Short, sharp early-morning showers and occasional squall lines. Drier overall than the northeast wet phase.
The other good window. Rain tends to arrive early and clear, leaving usable afternoons. This is also when haze can occur, which is worth checking rather than assuming.
Plan your Changi Museum stop
Straight-line distance from the three places a visitor has already heard of.
15km
north-east
17km
east
1.5km
north-west
Changi Museum, in every light
Nearby, on foot
In Changi — close enough to collect on the same trip out.
Contains information from Tourist Attractions accessed on 2026-08-01 from data.gov.sg, made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0.