Shipwreck cargo
9th century.
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A museum in the elegant colonial Empress Place Building on the Singapore River, one of the region's pioneering museums of pan-Asian civilisations, focused on the material history of China, Southeast Asia, South Asia and West Asia, from which Singaporeans trace their ancestry. It shows ceramics, textiles, jewellery, manuscripts and treasures from many civilisations; a highlight is the cargo of a ninth-century trading ship bound for Iran and Iraq, found in 1998 off Belitung Island, which reveals the sea routes between China and the Islamic world. Its galleries also hold objects from West Asia and the Islamic world, alongside galleries on trade routes, Chinese ceramics and textiles, tying together Asia's civilisations. Tickets for non-residents are S$25, daily 10:00–19:00 and to 21:00 on Fridays, per the official site. From its riverside entrance, Clarke Quay and Merlion Park are an easy walk.
9th century.
And the Islamic world.
Colonial building.
Empress Place Building, Singapore River
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