Nei Xue Tang Museum
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description The Nei Xue Tang Museum ("Hall of Inner Learning") (Template:Zh) is a private museum of Buddhist art in Singapore. It is the first home museum in Singapore.
The museum was created by collector Woon Wee Teng under a program enacted by the Singapore government to allow collectors to show their collections in their own homes.[1] Opened in 2005,[2] the collection is located in a four-storey pre-war house built in the Peranakan style on Cantonment Road.[3] It is Singapore's first home museum.[3] The museum is by invitation only.[4]
Singaporean billionaire businessman, Oei Hong Leong, houses most of his 50,000-piece collection of Buddhist artifacts at the Museum.[4]
In 2007, Woon announced plans for a much larger museum to house more Buddhist artifacts.[5] Oei subsequently bought the museum but decided not to expand the museum.[4]
See also
- List of museums in Singapore
- Japanese sculpture
- Khmer sculpture
- Korean Buddhist sculpture
- Lao Buddhist sculpture
- Thai art
- Thai Buddhist sculpture
References
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- ↑ Karen Mazurkewich, "Private Spaces", The Wall Street Journal, 2 December 2005.
- ↑ Valerie Tan, "Singaporean opens museum featuring Buddhist artefacts", Channel NewsAsia at The Buddhist Channel, 22 May 2005.
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