Chinatown Heritage Centre - 48 Pagoda St

Another air-conditioned haven from Singapore heat. This center takes you though history of Chinatown with a mockup of a shop-house from days gone by. It was quiet freaky to the space that a family of eight would live in, which by modern standards would be about the size of the average bathroom. There is an audio guide supplied with your entrance ticket but I found it to be too long, the commentary for each stop were at least 4-8 minutes long and over 30 stops in the display.

Corloful place with beautiful community. I'm very lucky when it stopped raining when we came. Enjoy a lot.

It is a place where experiences from my 4 months in Asia were sinking in. It shows traditional lives as they were and as they still are in Chinese live-in eateries in Vientiane or on the bustling streets of Chinatown in Bangkok. Personal stories and family stories make one think about the lives of immigrants of old and new times. They also make you think about your own life story. The whole place is also a subtle homage to Chinese culture. Beautiful for anyone who has ever visited and admired China.

Excellent experience. Interesting storyline. Well describe with self-guided audio tour. Takes about 1-2 hours to see/feel the museum and listen to the whole story. The museum consists 3-story building.

Such a wonderful place to visit that it shows the old Chinese culture and the way of living at that time. Many things to see and learn from the history. Located at Pagoda Street Chinatown that it is very easy to reach this place. Go to exit A from the Chinatown MRT Station. It is surrounded by gift shops, souvenir shops, and restaurants.

The Chinatown Heritage Centre in Singapore is a fantastic interactive museum, one of the most detailed, comprehensive and accessible museums I've been to. Definitely worth the entry fee, this centre is engaging with rooms dedicated to following the life of a family and tenants who lived in the shop there in the 1950s. This personalisation of history was highly engaging, as were the still life exhibits. If anything, there's so much detail and information that by the end of it you may leave feeling overwhelmed. You could easily spend two hours or more here, and it's worth visiting just to get out of the Singaporean humidity. The audio guide was very informative, otherwise wander at your own pace. I'd recommend to anyone wanting to learn a little bit about life in post-war Singapore. In summary, this tour was unexpected in its quality in the best of ways and I would recommend it to any of my friends heading to Singapore.

Brought students here for learning journey and was pleasantly surprised by the renovated museum. I am particularly impressed by the display of sleeping quarters of people working different jobs in the early days. Much effort has been devoted to replicate the living environment of our forefathers who earned a hard living doing various odd jobs. The admission ticket is not cheap but it is not going to be a disappointment. I think it is worth a visit.

This place is right choice if we want buy souvenir for our families or friends.Some are fix price some still can bargain.Like shirts,key chain etc.