Charis W.
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While I was there, the exhibits present were The Deep and DreamWorks Animation. Both were fantastic though I enjoyed the DreamWorks one more.
We bought the all-access ticket which was $30 for the two main exhibits and the Singapore Eye contemporary art exhibit, a smaller gallery on the third floor. This ticket is the way to go if you are not in a rush! It's truly a great deal! In fact, if you want to do JUST the main two exhibits without the contemporary art one, it's more expensive. More for less! Unlike the natural history museum tickets, these tickets can be bought onsite.
The Deep was all about deep sea underwater creatures like the different types of angler fish and the goblin shark. While the topic is very mysterious and cool, I don't believe there is enough information about the deep sea to have a thorough, interactive exhibition on it. This was the first exhibit we went to and it was sort of a let down. While I did learn a lot from reading every single caption and plaque, it could have been a lot more exciting.
The nice thing about the museum is that re-entry is allowed between exhibits. We went to get lunch at Marina Bay Shoppes (literally right next door) and came back for DreamWorks. It was amazing! I am still in shock as to how much work is put into a single film. You have to see it to believe it. This exhibition was nice because it had videos of the producers and artistic directors from each film explaining highlights of the process so you get an in-depth look at their work. The exhibit does a great job of emphasizing the length and detail of producing an animated film. You never even pay attention to the artwork characteristic of a certain film or the orchestral moods in the background, but SO much creativity and talent and work goes into such things to create a memorable, immersive world. (As you can tell, I was tremendously impressed.)
The ticketing lady told us that each exhibit would take 40 minutes and the art gallery 15. Well, we spent an hour and a half in The Deep, two hours in DreamWorks, and an hour in the contemporary art gallery. Plus thirty minutes for lunch. Sooo yeah.
Very, very, very impressed. You might go when there are different exhibits, but I think all of them are worth seeing. Enjoy!!