The zoetrope tells the story of Singapore’s first three female Olympians.
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The Ambient Scents and Scent Stations add another dimension to the museum experience.
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ery immerse the
The Ambient Scents and Scent Stations in particular is worth to note. Swiss perfumer and fragrance maker Givaudan has sponsored series of ambient scents and scent stations for the galleries. Ambient scents add sensory dimension to the visitor experience in galleries. They greet visitors as they step into certain sections of the galleries, such as the “After Rain” scent in the Tragsforming the Landscape section in the Singapore History Gallery, and the “Afternoon Tea” scent that greets visitors to the Life in Singapore: Modern Colony Gallery. Some of the galleries also feature scent stations, such as the various floral scents in the Goh Seng Choo Gallery.
The two scents in the Singapore History Gallery’s Transforming the Landscape section Tembusu
flowers and the polluted Singapore River were of Singapore’s environmental story. As part of the 50th.year of independence. “City” is sold at the
National Museum’s Museum Label shop and proceeds will be donated to the museum.
With refreshed layout and updated narrative, visitors can look forward to more engaging and immersive experience; bit like stepping back in time to the different periods of history.
Source: MUHIBAH, the Royal Brunei Airlines in-flight magazine, 2016 Jan-Feb, pages 43-45. Text recovered from the scanned page by OCR and lightly corrected; spelling may differ from the printed edition.
