- Sports Museum
The Sports Museum was a sports
museum inSingapore , located in the West Entrance of the National Stadium.The Sports Museum was established in 1983 to preserve and showcase Singapore's sporting heritage. It was opened to the public in May 1983 to coincide with the staging of the 12th
SEA Games inSingapore .The museum was closed with the official closure of National Stadium on
30 June 2007 . The sporting mementoes will be moved to a new gallery at theSingapore Sports Council 's (SSC) temporary office and heritage corners of selected SSC sports and recreation centres such as Jurong West and Sengkang, until the completion of theSingapore Sports Hub in 2011. The new Sports Museum at the sports hub will feature other integrated facilities such as avisitor centre , sportslibrary , and a sports information and resource centre.cite web |url= http://app.mcys.gov.sg/web/corp_speech_story.asp?szMod=corp&szSubMod=speech&qid=4102|title= Thank You Luncheon for Donors and Sportspeople in the Sports Museum's "Hall of Fame" by Mr Teo Ser Luck, Parliamentary Secretary for Community Development, Youth and Sports |date=2007-07-14 |accessdate=2007-08-31 |format= |work=Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (Singapore) ]The Sports Museum is affiliated to the
International Association of Sports Museums and Hall of Fame (IASMHF) based in the United States since 1984. It is also a member of the Museum Roundtable, set up by theNational Heritage Board .Galleries
In total, there were 6 galleries. Displays at the Sports Museum included both Olympic and non-Olympic sports, along with traditional and indigenous games and pastimes:
*Gallery 1:
Sports in Colonial Times *Gallery 2:
Sports in Independent Singapore *Gallery 3:
Indigenous and Traditional Sports *Gallery 4:
Hall of Fame *Gallery 5:
Olympism & Regional/International Games *Gallery 6:
Roll of Honour Notes and references
External links
* [http://www.ssc.gov.sg/museum/home.jsp Official Website]
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