singaporecity360° Haw Par Villa
Haw Par Villa sits on Pasir Panjang Road in the west, a hillside park of painted statues and dioramas built in 1937 by the family behind Tiger Balm to illustrate Chinese folklore and Confucian morality.
Should you go?
The park has always been free to walk into — but read the closure warning, and know that the Ten Courts of Hell are no longer free: they now sit inside the ticketed Hell's Museum.
Hell's Museum, daily 10am–6pm
cheapest single exhibition, non-peak
1 exhibition on · SC360 estimate
Buy at the door or online. Singaporeans over eighteen can pay with SG Culture Pass credits, but only through one specific online channel — not at the counter. Tickets are strictly non-refundable.
last entry 5pm
The park has been partially closed for maintenance since 8 December 2025 and remains so until further notice. Hell's Museum, including the Ten Courts of Hell, stays open — but do not describe the whole park as walkable, and check the operator's site before going.
Parental guidance is advised for children under nine — the Ten Courts of Hell depict graphic punishments in detail.
Part of the museum is open to the weather, so take an umbrella. No food, drink or pets inside.
Walking the grounds is free, and the outdoor tableaux — deities, legends, the odd giant crab — cost nothing to see. The one part that is ticketed is Hell's Museum, the indoor gallery that now houses the famous Ten Courts of Hell, where sinners are shown being sawn, boiled and ground for their earthly misdeeds; entry is $20 for adults and $10 for children aged 7–12. Note that the park has been partially closed for repair works since December 2025, though Hell's Museum stays open throughout.
It is one Circle Line stop from Kent Ridge Park and the western end of the Southern Ridges. Take Exit A from Haw Par Villa MRT (CC25) on the Circle Line and the park entrance is a one-to-two-minute walk directly across; there is no visitor car park on site, so drivers use the ORTO lot on West Coast Highway.
The common mistake is expecting the Ten Courts of Hell to be free, as it was for decades — those dioramas are now inside the ticketed Hell's Museum, not out in the open park. If you are a Singaporean aged 18 or over you can pay for that ticket with Culture Pass credits rather than cash, and once inside, the complimentary highlight tours run several times a day (from 10:30am) on a first-come basis at the lobby counter.
On right now, and what each ticket costs
Free park, S$22 museum. As at 2 Aug 2026 the park is partially closed for maintenance while the museum stays open. Flip the stubs to your rate; every price includes the resident lines most sites leave out.
One published rate for everyone.
Free for children six and under. Strictly non-refundable.
| TICKET | TOURIST | RESIDENT |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | Free | Free |
| Child | Free | Free |
| Adult | S$22 | — |
| Child | S$12 | — |
What will your group pay?
Switch with the chips above the ticket stubs — everything updates together.
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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$22
for Hell's Museum, straight from the operator's own price table.
Anything above S$22 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$7.33/hr
S$22 for Hell's Museum over about 3 hours. The operator's own two to four hours. 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 Haw Par Villa stop
Straight-line distance from the three places a visitor has already heard of.
8.6km
west
5.8km
west
24km
west
Haw Par Villa, in every light
Nearby, on foot
In The West (Southern Ridges & Jurong) — 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.