Museum of Asian Civilizations:
The Museum of Asian Civilizations has two branches in Singapore; the main museum at the Empress Place Building (and the old Tao Nan school building at Armenian Street. It takes about 15 minutes to walk from one museum building to the other. The Empress Palace Building is approximately a 5-minutes walk away from Raffles MRT Station, and branch at Armenian Street is a 5-minutes walk away from City Hall MRT.

Singapore Art Museum:
The Singapore Art Museum holds a wide range of South East Asian Modern and Contemporary Art. The main objective of the museum is to collect and conserve artworks representative of the South East Asian region; curate, organise and produce exhibitions, publications and public education programmes to promote awareness, appreciation and discussion on visual arts. The Singapore Art Museum is located at a 10 minutes walk from Dhoby Gaut / City Hall MRT station.

Sentosa Island lies just down 15 minutes away from Singapore's city center. Sentosa Island features many interesting places to spend your time, from the artificial beaches of Palawan to the magnificent Underwater World. Sentosa Island can be reached easily; take the MRT to station Waterfront, there take a shuttle bus. However, it is more fun to take the cable ride to Sentosa as it will give you the chance of having a nice view over the city and the island. Here is a list of the many things you can do at the island:

Butterfly Park:

This facility, on Sentosa Island, Singapore, houses over 3,000 mounted specimens and approximately 60 live species in a large outdoor conservatory. Visitors can observe butterflies in all stages of development and activity. Tropical butterflies and insects from Southeast Asia make up 80% of the collection, including spectacular examples from South America, Africa, and the rest of Asia.The World Insectarium has butterfly breeding farms in Penang and Sarawak, Malaysia. It conducts valuable research and assists scholars and scientists from around the world .

Underwater World:

Claimed to be Asia's largest tropical oceanarium, it features a walk-through aquarium with lots of sharks and fishes and many smaller tanks. Entrance to this oceanarium is rather expensive (fee includes entrance to Dolpin Lagoon). At Underwater World Singapore, a 'voyage to the bottom of the sea' begins at the sandy beaches and shallow rock pools at the water's edge. From here, visitors start their descent, passing brightly coloured corals and all kinds of exotic ocean-dwellers along the way. Finally they come to a spectacular 83-metre-long acrylic tunnel, home to great shoals of fish, prowling predators and a host of other creatures that inhabit the ocean depths.
Source: Underwater World

Dolphin Lagoon:

At this Lagoon you can watch dolphins do all the usual tricks (jumping through hoops, balancing balls, etc). Entrance fee to this place is included with the fee paid for the Underwater World.
Merlion: A stretched-out 37-metre version of the statue by the Singapore River. The Merlion is lit up at night and even shoots lasers from its eyes. This grotesque statue enables you to take a elevator up into its mouth and gaze out over the nearby Port of Singapore, as well as experience some seriously cheesy exhibits downstairs.

Fort Siloso:

Once the largest British naval base in Fortress Singapore, its guns staring balefully out towards the sea in preparation for enemy attack. Of course, the Japanese rode bikes down the peninsula instead; after your visit here, be sure to visit the Battle Box to find out what happened then. Now turned into a museum, you can follow a tour through the area (complete with lots of wax figures) to find out what the life of a recruit was like. Fort Siloso nearly doubled in size after an expansion in 2004.

Singapore Zoo, Night Safari and Bird Park

Three great attractions located in the North-West of Singapore. All parks are located close to each other. Tickets can be bought for each single attraction or for all three attractions together (much cheaper!).

Singapore Zoo:

The Singapore Zoo is said to be one of the best zoos in Asia if not the world. The animals are kept in spacious, landscaped enclosures, separated from the visitors by dry or wet moats. To spare yourself walking under the hot tropical sun, you can board a little train that trundles through the park.

Night Safari:

The night safari is part of the Singapore Zoo, but is located on completely separate grounds that are closed during the day, is the world's first wildlife park built to be viewed at night. The grounds are in fact larger than the main Zoo and only parts are accessible to visitors on foot, so most people opt for the guided tram tour instead The tram tour is highly recommended unless you have the time to do a lot of walking. Lighting throughout the park is minimal, but sufficient. Stopping at the second tram station is a must as there is a walking path (The Lepard Trail) for viewing giraffes, flying squirrels, lions and others. Flash photography is not allowed, so a tripod is recommended. Some other animals you can expect to see include are various types of tigers, elephants, bats, flamingos, porcupines, leopards, otters, badgers, and storks.

Jurong Bird Park:

It is the largest in the Asia Pacific and claims to be one of the finest bird parks in the world. Its collection of more than 8,000 birds from 600 species is among the largest in the world. The Park specialises in birds from Southeast Asia and the more exotic and colorful tropical birds.

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