Nei Xue Tang Museum, Buddhist art museum in Tanjong Pagar, Singapore.
Nei Xue Tang Museum is a Buddhist art museum in Tanjong Pagar housed within a four-story Peranakan building, with exhibitions spread across three floors. The collection contains over one thousand Buddhist artifacts including sculptures, amulets, and religious artworks from China, India, Tibet, Japan, Thailand, Cambodia, and Afghanistan.
The museum was founded in 2005 as Singapore's first home museum, created from collector Woon Wee Teng's private collection through a government program for preserving private collections. The holdings were later expanded by businessman Oei Hong Leong and now contain approximately 50,000 Buddhist artifacts.
The museum displays Buddhist artworks from different Asian countries, each reflecting distinct regional artistic traditions. Visitors can observe how various cultures—from China and Tibet to Japan and Thailand—developed their own interpretations of religious forms and spiritual objects.
The museum is located on Cantonment Road and requires advance arrangements for entry due to its exclusive access policy. Visitors should contact the venue in advance to arrange their visit, as opening hours are limited and visits are by appointment.
The collection comprises approximately 50,000 Buddhist objects crafted from gold, silver, bronze, jade, and crystal materials. Many of these rare amulets and ritual objects were gathered over decades by private collectors and are rarely displayed publicly.
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