singaporecity360° National Gallery Singapore
National Gallery Singapore occupies the former Supreme Court and City Hall buildings, joined under a single canopied roof, and holds the largest public collection of modern Singapore and Southeast Asian art anywhere.
Should you go?
Free for Singapore citizens and PRs on an NRIC or Singpass check. Everyone else pays S$20 for general admission, S$30 for All Access. Also free to all areas: children 6 and under, locally based students and teachers, and persons with disabilities plus one caregiver.
Daily 10am–7pm
cheapest single exhibition, non-peak
3 exhibitions on · SC360 estimate
There is no timed entry. Buy online, at a self-service kiosk, or at a Visitor Services counter — and every ticket stays valid for 180 days from purchase, so an unused one is not wasted. Citizens and PRs do not buy a ticket at all; they present NRIC or Singpass.
last entry 6.30pm
The UOB Southeast Asia Gallery — the Gallery's headline permanent collection — is closed for redevelopment and does not reopen until late 2027. Works from the National Collection are shown elsewhere in the building instead.
There is no named special exhibition running at the moment: the Singtel Special Exhibition Galleries say only "more information coming soon". The S$25 Special Exhibition ticket is therefore poor value today — general admission at S$20 is the sensible buy until a show is announced.
Passion is Volcanic is rated R18 and can only be bought at the counter, not online. Under-18s are refused.
It's open 10am–7pm Sunday to Thursday and until 10pm on Fridays, Saturdays and the eve of public holidays, with the two former courtrooms — including the original Supreme Court chamber — preserved and viewable as part of the galleries.
The building itself is as much the draw as the art: the domed rotunda and marble staircase are period features, not reconstructions. It sits at the edge of the Civic District, opposite the Padang.
The rooftop bar and the Padang-facing terrace are accessible without a gallery ticket, so it works as a free stop for the view and the building even without paying for the exhibitions — useful if the budget or time is tight.
On right now, and what each ticket costs
Free for Singapore citizens and PRs on an NRIC or Singpass check. Everyone else pays S$20 for general admission, S$30 for All Access. Also free to all areas: children 6 and under, locally based students and teachers, and persons with disabilities plus one caregiver. Flip the stubs to your rate; every price includes the resident lines most sites leave out.
The Gallery's own term is "Standard — Other Nationalities". It covers every visitor who is not a citizen or PR.
Valid 180 days from purchase. Free for Singapore citizens and PRs.
Citizens and PRs who buy this are automatically upgraded to All Access, so the Gallery publishes no local price for it.
Rated R18, over-18s only, and sold at the counter only — not online. Included free inside All Access.
Every exhibition and tour, valid 180 days. This is the only ticket a citizen or PR ever pays for, at S$15.
| TICKET | TOURIST | CITIZEN/PR |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | S$20 | Free |
| Concession | S$15 | Free |
| Adult | S$30 | S$15 |
| Concession | S$25 | — |
| Adult | S$25 | — |
| Concession | S$20 | — |
| Adult | S$8 | S$5 |
What will your group pay?
Switch with the chips above the ticket stubs — everything updates together.
Tick more than one and we compare buying them separately against the bundle — automatically.
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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$20
for General Admission, straight from the operator's own price table.
Anything above S$20 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$20
100% off General Admission: Free instead of S$20, on every adult ticket.
This is wider than most people think. The Gallery's own term is "Local — Singaporeans & PRs". General admission is genuinely free, not discounted; NRIC or Singpass is checked at a kiosk or counter. Locally based students and teachers are free to all areas regardless of nationality.
S$8/hr
S$20 for General Admission over about 2.5 hours, and nothing at all if you are a citizen or PR. The Gallery states visitors typically spend three hours here. 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 National Gallery Singapore stop
Straight-line distance from the three places a visitor has already heard of.
1.2km
north-west
2.7km
south-east
17km
south-west
City Hall
East-West Line · North-South Line
National Gallery Singapore, in every light
Nearby, on foot
In Civic District — 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.