Top Experiences in Asian Civilisations Museum

This walk around Empress Place helps one to uncover how Singapore has transformed to be a buzzing city teeming with history, culture and architecture. Along the way, you will also learn about the major events that shaped Singapore and explore some of our most important landmarks.
Our tours are not only entertaining and interesting, but they are also priced affordably, making it highly accessible to both tourists and locals who want to learn more about the rich history and culture of Singapore.

Take a walk around Marina Bay with Hossan Leong, the well-known local comedian and Singapore Boy. The tour is ready whenever you feel like taking a stroll. It plays audio automatically at exactly the right time and place using your smart phone's GPS and the VoiceMap mobile app, which also works offline.

You'll hear intimate anecdotes from throughout his career, from his high-school days at the Anglo-Chinese School, to his first one-man stand-up show at the Victoria Theatre, to his role as the MC on National Day, when he had to keep 15,000 people entertained at the Marina Bay Float. You'll also get to know some of Singapore's most popular cultural institutions, and of course you'll laugh all the way.

Learn more about the top 21 tourist attractions in Singapore. Its history, culture, myths, architecture, and other important facts are in this audio commentary.

The top 10 advantages for those who prefer flexibility on their tour.
1. Safe - Not required to download, with just a click of secure access links it can be listened to online on any device.
2. Save - The lowest price in the city.
3. Stories - No imagination stories, only verified information.
4. Schedule - Listen at your own convenience of time, pace, and location,
5. Select - Preferred languages and attractions.
6. Self-control: No need to be behind someone's instructions in always.
7. Share - with co-travelers in just a click.
8. Soft - Selective crafted words that make you listen again.
9. Simple - Use our personally created itinerary which starts from the city's center and then gradually moves one by one.
10. Smart - in all aspects

Food and culture go hand in hand in Singapore, and there's a food tradition in particular that makes the city even more flavorful. Ready to try it?

Get a taste of the food scene that characterizes Singapore and it's known around the world. Try wonton noodles, sugar cane juice, and more in its original recipe - forget about adaptations, this is the real deal!

Your local guide is a food and culture expert and will show you spots in the city to enhance the cultural vibes. Go to Telok Ayer market, and Chinatown, and get to know more about where this food tradition comes from and how it relates to Singapore.

Withlocals Food & Culture Tour™ is one of Withlocals' signature tours available in major cities worldwide. We work with passionate local guides who earn a fair fee. We support local economies by only offering local products and prevent over-tourism with only small non-intrusive groups. Our tours are carbon-neutral and away from the standard tourist routes.

On this walking tour, we cast our minds back more than 200 years to a time when Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles of the British East India Company arrived in Singapore, started a British trading post in 1819, became part of the Straits Settlements in 1826, and eventually a separate colony of the British crown in 1867.

We’ll visit well-preserved structures from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras, and stately neo-classical style buildings, which have all been restored to showcase the splendour of Colonial Singapore.

We pay tribute to our former colonial masters who left behind their legacy of careful town planning, sound legal system, good education system, solid infrastructure, impressive architecture, etc, which have certainly played a significant part in the development of modern Singapore.

At about midday, we’ll kick back and enjoy lunch by the Singapore River at Boat Quay, before we resume our tour of the Civic District and Old European Town.

The Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) is home to the rich artistic heritage of Asia, particularly the ancestral cultures of Singaporeans. It was founded in 1993 with traces of its roots to the Raffles Museum, which was built in the middle of the 19th century. ACM explores the historical connections between the cultures of Asia, and Asia with the world.

Discover Singapore's sights onboard an open-top bus with Big Bus Tours. Explore the city across 2 routes and enjoy views of its most famous landmarks.

See the iconic Gardens by the Bay, Marina Bay Sands, and the UNESCO-listed Botanic Gardens on the Yellow Route, or explore the 3 ethnic precincts of Singapore – Chinatown, Little India, & Kampong Glam – on the Red Route.

Choose from -
1-day Discover Ticket and hop-off at any of our stops across 2 routes to explore Singapore.
2-day Essential Ticket and hop-off at any of our stops across 2 routes to explore Singapore.
2-day Explore Ticket and hop-off at any of our stops across 2 routes to explore Singapore, plus a 3-hour guided Night City Tour.